Electioneering

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Electioneer \E*lec`tion*eer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Electionered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Electioneering}.]
     To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts
     for securing the election of a candidate.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           A master of the whole art of electioneering.
                                                    --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  electioneering
       n 1: persuasion of voters in a political campaign [syn: {bell
            ringing}, {canvassing}]
       2: the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: {campaigning},
           {candidacy}, {candidature}, {political campaign}]