stump speech
noun [ C ] US uk/ˈstʌmp ˌspiːtʃ/ us/ˈstʌmp ˌspiːtʃ/
（政客去各处的巡回）政治演讲，竞选演说
a speech that a politician makes in different places in order to get political support
He is travelling to swing states delivering his stump speech. 他正前往摇摆州发表竞选演说。
By 2004, the telling of a human story had become an essential part of almost every stump speech. 到2004年，讲述真人真事已经成为几乎每次竞选演说的重要组成部分。
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- They held debates, gave stump speeches and ran advertisements to discuss their visions for the state.
- There were accusations that he plagiarized stump speeches from other politicians.
- He devoted more than a third of his stump speech to the subject.