baby kissing
Staged candidate warmth
Baby kissing is the practice of politicians publicly kissing babies and small children to appear warm, relatable, and family-friendly.
The image of a campaigning politician pressing the flesh and kissing babies has become a cliché of electoral politics: The candidate spent the morning baby kissing at the county fair.
The term often carries a note of cynicism about performative authenticity.
- politicianElected government official
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- campaign trailRoute of electoral speechmaking
- handshakeMutual palm-gripping gesture
- photo opArranged publicity picture
photo opportunity · election · swing state · charming · insincere · crowd · meet and greet · rally · town hall · local diner · rope line · votes · smiling · staged · publicity · pandering · retail politics · stump
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
- campaign jargonstump speech, talking points, sound bites, soundbite, soundbites
- Baby Photosnewborn photo, chubby cheeks, first steps, first words, first tooth
- political eventselection, campaign, debate, vote, rally
- photo opsphoto op, grip and grin, group shot, ribbon cutting, red carpet
baby kissingattack ads
Negative campaign commercials
mudslinging · negative campaigning · voter suppression · brass tacks
baby, kiss, kissing, babies, babied, babying, babyish, kisses, kissed