0 present participle of canvass --
1 to try to get political support or votes, especially by visiting all the houses in an area: --
2 to try to discover information or opinions by asking people: --
3 to suggest an idea or plan to be considered: --
Our results show that canvassing contributes to the local campaign effect, but it cannot account for all of it.
What impact does telephone canvassing have on party support, and how does it compare to more traditional forms of local political activity?
While canvassing is the primary means of achieving the former, spending on leaflets, posters and election addresses also contributes to the latter.
The second, ' canvassing for votes ', is a picture of electoral bribery : a voter sees no problem in taking money from two different electoral agents.
In most instances, telephone canvassing did not have a measurable impact on conversion rates.
However, in order to illustrate the work required, it is worth canvassing briefly two standard exempla of offense: insult and exhibitionism.
Traditional face-to-face canvassing had a statistically significant influence on the outcome of the 1997 general election.
These branches were grouped together into nineteen regional federations which oversaw the work of organizing lectures, canvassing constituents and distributing literature.
