Definition

1. Verb:
   • To work actively for a political candidate or party: To engage in organized activities aimed at persuading people to vote for a particular candidate or political party in an election. This often involves campaigning, canvassing, and promoting a political agenda.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • The volunteers spent the weekend electioneering in the downtown district, handing out flyers and talking to voters.
  • It is illegal to electioneer within 100 meters of a polling station on voting day.
  • Politicians often electioneer by making speeches, attending rallies, and participating in debates.

Advanced Usage

• "to be out electioneering": to be actively engaged in campaign activities, often outside of a formal office setting.
  • The senator is out electioneering in the key swing states this month.
• The activity or process itself can be referred to as "electioneering" (gerund/uncountable noun).
  • The intense electioneering in the final weeks swayed many undecided voters.

Variants and Related Words

• Electioneering (n/gerund): The act or process of campaigning for a candidate or party.
  • His career involved decades of political electioneering.
• Electioneerer (n): A person who electioneers (less common).
  • The seasoned electioneerer knew all the best tactics for door-to-door canvassing.

Synonyms

• Campaign: To work in an organized and active way toward a goal, typically a political one.
• Canvass: To solicit votes or opinions from people.
• Stump: To travel around an area making political speeches.

Related Phrases

• To go electioneering: To go out to campaign.
  • The candidate went electioneering in the rural counties.
• Hard/negative electioneering: Refers to aggressive or attack-focused campaigning.
  • The race was marred by a period of negative electioneering.

Notes on Usage

• Electioneer is primarily used as an intransitive verb (it does not take a direct object). One a candidate or party, not a candidate.
• The term often carries a connotation of energetic, hands-on, and sometimes partisan political activity.

Verb

1. work actively for a political candidate or a party
   • My neighbors are busy electioneering during the Presidential election campaign