front-porch campaign, n.
a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
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front-porch campaign front-porch campaigning
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front-porch campaign front-porch campaigning
sample sentences
"William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896""her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign"
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