Hypertext Webster Gateway: "electioneering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
A master of the whole art of electioneering.
--Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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