the hustings

plural noun

: the political speeches, meetings, etc., that happen before an election

news reports from the hustings

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In the next week or so, before June 5 — the putative date at which the Treasury Department says the government runs out of money to pay its bills without a debt ceiling increase and thus flirts with an unprecedented default — Biden and McCarthy will hit the hustings to claim victory. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023