front-porch campaign

Definitions of front-porch campaign
  1. noun
    a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
    “William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896”
    “her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign”
    synonyms: front-porch campaigning
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    campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign
    the campaign of a candidate to be elected
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