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FRONT-PORCH CAMPAIGN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does front-porch campaign mean?
• FRONT-PORCH CAMPAIGN (noun)
The noun FRONT-PORCH CAMPAIGN has 1 sense:
1. a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
Familiarity information: FRONT-PORCH CAMPAIGN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
front-porch campaign; front-porch campaigning
Context example:
her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign
Hypernyms ("front-porch campaign" is a kind of...):
campaigning; candidacy; candidature; electioneering; political campaign (the campaign of a candidate to be elected)
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