What is the meaning of front-porch campaigning?

noun

  • A campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel.
    • usage: "William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896"; "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign"
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