Electioneering

Word ELECTIONEERING
Character 14
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɪˌlɛk.ʃənˈɪə.ɹɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Electioneering"

What do we mean by electioneering?

To campaign for an elective office, on one's own behalf, or on behalf of another, particularly by direct contact.

1 The process of engineering an election so that you win, or attempting to do so. 2 A most exellent song from the Radiohead album OK Computer. Urban Dictionary

Medical condition caused by a lack of viable candidates from which to choose resulting in apathy. Urban Dictionary

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The word "electioneering" in example sentences

The din of electioneering is hard to avoid, and the in-your-face campaigns are steaming ahead toward the finish line. ❋ Lynne Glasner (2010)

Interesting they ARE now going to do an Iraq war investigation, later this year, maybe, if the electioneering is going well. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Reading it made clear why she considered the election of 2010 even more outrageous than previous shameful Afghan escapades in electioneering and fraud. ❋ Ann Jones (2010)

The time for debating and electioneering is drawing to a close. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You can thank -- or blame -- the video revolution for this element in electioneering, and it's been around for a long time. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This ‘razor’ technique for electioneering is what the pentagon used to surmise a stolen election in the ukraine. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Organizations, religious or not, that receive tax-deductible charitable contributions may not engage in electioneering using those funds. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"Presidential electioneering" is neither an adequate nor appropriate explanation for these occasional bilateral trade skirmishes. ❋ Unknown (1992)

The advocacy of fundamental and significant change, both in governing and in electioneering, is a strategy that contains many risks. ❋ Unknown (1980)

The good news is that lawmakers are already considering ways to mitigate the damage caused by Citizens United, and a number of options exist, such as requiring additional disclosures by corporations engaged in electioneering, empowering shareholders to demand that their investment not be spent to advance candidates they disapprove of, or possibly even requiring shareholders to approve a corporation’s decision to influence an election before the company may do so. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They don’t often seek the high ground in electioneering techniques, having more experience with the destructive, less hopeful methods. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I don’t think Russ is pimping for president yet, I think he’s firing the first round of the midterm electioneering: Dems will run against Bush, his administration, and his record: The Message. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Paul's Galatian letter supplies these items: -- wrangling; wordy disputes; passionate outbursts of anger; wire-pulling or electioneering, that is, using the world's methods to attain one's ends by those in God's service. ❋ S.D. Gordon (N/A)

The physical strain of electioneering, which is always considerable, its alternation of feverish excitement with a lassitude that, after a while, becomes prevailing and intense, were in this case far greater and more prolonged than in any other instance recorded of English or probably of ❋ Godfrey Rathbone Benson Charnwood (1904)

Werner was lazy by nature, and he did not like the idea of electioneering, any more than he did the idea of studying. ❋ Edward Stratemeyer (1896)

But in the general stirring up, so much filth and scum are found floating on the ocean of current literature, that one is astounded at the display of human depravity, until memory recalls the electioneering papers and stump-speakers. ❋ M. F. B (1869)

To air the ads, McCollum has turned to stealthy so-called electioneering organizations, or ❋ Unknown (2010)

1 Most democracies are ruled by the candidates most [adept] at [electioneering]. 2 [Do you mind] if I skip to [Electioneering]? ❋ Naked Henry (2005)

[I'm not] [voting] this year, I've got [electionitis]. ❋ Dump Truck (2016)

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