campaigns
Sustained promotional efforts
Campaigns are organized efforts to achieve a goal, typically over an extended period.
Military campaigns are series of operations in a particular region: the North African campaign.
Political campaigns seek to win elections: She's running her first campaign for city council.
Advertising campaigns promote products; awareness campaigns change public attitudes.
The verb means to conduct such efforts: They campaigned against the new highway.
Formally registering a choice
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- ballotVoting document
- pollsOpinion surveys or voting sites
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
debate · electorate · turnout · swing · incumbent · challenger · nominee · platform
Direct effort for reform
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- petitionFormal written appeal
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
cause · reform · rights · movement · boycott · march · demonstration · volunteer
Combat engagement area
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- operationProcess of working
maneuver · assault · offensive · logistics · reconnaissance · theater · front · occupation
Creating distinctive identity
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- commercialsPaid promotional broadcasts
- billboardsLarge outdoor advertisements
SEO · analytics · engagement · demographics · influencers · content · slogans · jingles
Religious journey to shrine
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- SaladinTwelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
- knightsTitled warriors on horseback
- infidelNonbeliever in another's creed
cross · Christendom · Richard · siege · indulgence · pope · Acre · Constantinople
voting
Formally registering a choice
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- ballotVoting document
- pollsOpinion surveys or voting sites
primaries · debate · electorate · turnout · swing · incumbent · challenger · nominee · platform · manifesto
activism
Direct effort for reform
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- petitionFormal written appeal
grassroots · cause · reform · rights · movement · boycott · march · demonstration · volunteer · fundraiser
battlefield
Combat engagement area
operation · maneuver · assault · offensive · logistics · reconnaissance · theater · front · occupation · counterattack
branding
Creating distinctive identity
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- commercialsPaid promotional broadcasts
billboards · SEO · analytics · engagement · demographics · influencers · content · slogans · jingles · launch
pilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- SaladinTwelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
- knightsTitled warriors on horseback
infidel · cross · Christendom · Richard · siege · indulgence · pope · Acre · Constantinople · zealotry
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- fashion industryfashion, fashion design, fashion designers, fashion shows, fashion week
- fundraisingdonation, donations, donor, donors, fundraiser
- political sciencepolitical science, political theory, political behavior, political economy, political institutions
campaignsinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
passivity · inertia · apathy · complacency · acquiescence
- grassroots campaignCitizen-led political effort
- negative campaigningAttacking opponents during elections
- smear campaignOrganized defamation effort
- ad campaignPlanned marketing offensive
- political campaignEffort to win election
- campaign trailRoute of electoral speechmaking
campaign, campaigner, campaigning, campaigned, campaigners, precampaign