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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 travelplay

  Familiarity information: FRONT-PORCH CAMPAIGN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FRONT-PORCH CAMPAIGN (noun)


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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