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negative campaigning

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Definition


A political tactic of damaging one's opponent during elections.

Context : Politics
Category: Idiom
Semantic:

Usage of “negative campaigning”

  1. McCain was accused of negative campaigning during the 2008 US presidential race.

Examples of idiom “negative campaigning” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'MadMadTourist'
    MadMadTourist:

    Tip for all politicians: negative campaigning ALWAYS ends in failure. We're not voting for someone who slings mud #tories #libdem #labour

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'lindyloo28'
    lindyloo28:

    @johnprescott I don't like all this negative campaigning. The Tory's doing it is bad enough @UKLabour don't need to stoop to their level.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'natmandu'
    natmandu:

    Politicians on Twitter - your negative campaigning is snarky, puerile, utterly boring and oh-so-easy to unfollow you for.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'sierralimamike'
    sierralimamike:

    someone needs to bitch slap David Cameron's campaign manager; negative campaigning only makes you look like a jerk.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'YousufMiah'
    YousufMiah:

    not sure negative campaigning against Brown is a good idea.