political campaigns
Races for office
Political campaigns are organized efforts to win elections or influence public policy.
A candidate's campaign includes fundraising, advertising, rallies, and voter outreach: The campaign raised millions in its first week.
Campaign also works as a verb: She's campaigning in swing states.
Beyond elections, political campaigns may target specific issues: a campaign to reform immigration law.
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
- door knockingStriking an entrance repeatedly
- ground gameOffense via carrying ball
- speechesFormal spoken presentations
- talking pointsPrepared discussion themes
election laws · town halls · baby kissing · candidates · grassroots organizing · opposition research · attack ads · volunteers · get out the vote · yard signs · advertising · fundraising · swing states · social media · donors · super PACs · polling · coalition building
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- Political PartiesRepublican Party, Democratic Party, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Green Party
- Canadian rightsright to vote, equality rights, legal rights, civil liberties, language rights
- political musicprotest songs, patriotic songs, national anthems, revolutionary songs, freedom songs
- State Politicsstate legislature, legislature, state senate, state house, state representatives
political campaignsgovernance
How authority is exercised
governing · administration · incumbency · statecraft · policymaking
political campaignspolitical apathy
Indifference to governance
non-participation · staying home · tuning out · nonparticipation
political campaignsprivate life
One's nonpublic existence
domestic affairs · everyday life · family life · business as usual · staying home