Electioneer

[ɪ,lekʃə'nɪə] or [ɪ,lɛkʃən'ɪr]

(verb.) work actively for a political candidate or a party; 'My neighbors are busy electioneering during the Presidential election campaign'.

Editor: Oswald--From WordNet

(v. i.) To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.

Typist: Lucas

v. n. Canvass.

Typed by Beryl

I'm pretending to be an electioneering agent. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
It's rather coarse work--this electioneering, eh, Ladislaw? George Eliot. Middlemarch.

Inputed by Jill