campaign trail
noun
: a route that takes a candidate for office to different places in order to talk to people during a campaign
The candidates talked about the people they met on the campaign trail.
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Surprising Fact Trump’s Boeing 757, the same jet often used on the campaign trail, was previously owned by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen.
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Zach Everson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Beyond the 2017 tax cuts, the legislation includes a number of tax cuts that the president touted on the campaign trail.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 22 May 2025
The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond yield hit 5.09%.
Democrats, likewise, are vehemently opposed to the bill’s steep cuts to the social safety net in order to pay for some of the tax cuts Trump promised on the campaign trail last year.
—Christina Wilkie,erin Doherty, CNBC, 22 May 2025
Trump, who promised an Iron Dome for America on the campaign trail, is not the first President to propose such a defense system.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 21 May 2025
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Zach Everson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Beyond the 2017 tax cuts, the legislation includes a number of tax cuts that the president touted on the campaign trail.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 22 May 2025
The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond yield hit 5.09%.
Democrats, likewise, are vehemently opposed to the bill’s steep cuts to the social safety net in order to pay for some of the tax cuts Trump promised on the campaign trail last year.
—Christina Wilkie,erin Doherty, CNBC, 22 May 2025
Trump, who promised an Iron Dome for America on the campaign trail, is not the first President to propose such a defense system.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 21 May 2025
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“Campaign trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign%20trail. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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