hustings
公选会,公投会,公演,公投
Definitions
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- : the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors.
- : any place from which political campaign speeches are made.
- : the political campaign trail.
- : Also called hustings court . a local court in certain parts of Virginia.
Examples
It’s hard to write a campaign book in an era of 24-hour news, when the media pumps out coverage of what’s happening on the hustings.
Then, once she hit the hustings, sell those email addresses to the Clinton campaign and shut down.
The Shaheen campaign pounced, spending part of the next day hitting the hustings in Sullivan County.
That might be a better image than that of a candidate repeating the same attack lines on the hustings.
The sooner Romney gets out there as a candidate on the hustings, the sooner the media scrutiny intensifies.
As the couple takes to the hustings, speculation is rife over the post-nup agreement.
Upon his return to Capheaton from his triumphant battle on the hustings he had been as impassive as his traditions demanded.
His political creed declared upon the hustings there was that of a moderate Whig.
The candidates themselves are on the hustings, and in the distance Britannia's coach has broken down!
All the morning he had to attend a factious hustings or a court—assemblies deliberative or judicial.
The governor was a candidate for re-election, and being a hustler, made many hot speeches from the hustings.