campaign promise

collocation in English

meaningsofcampaignandpromise

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campaign
noun[C]
uk
/kæmˈpeɪn/us
/kæmˈpeɪn/
a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a ...
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promise
noun
uk
/ˈprɒm.ɪs/us
/ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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(Definition ofcampaignandpromisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcampaign promise

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This national convention adopted socialism as the party's most importantcampaignpromiseduring the election, with the majority of the delegates voting in favour.
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One month after her victory, she moved into the district, fulfilling acampaignpromise.
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Further, virtually every party made campaign promises on revaluation it could not keep and often had no intention of keeping.
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Beliefs that candidates will honour their campaign promises are expectations, but not - as claimed in one essay of the collection - informal rules.
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As democratisation gained momentum, newly elected governors (and mayors) sought to fulfil campaign promises and gain new supporters by increasing spending.
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He made acampaignpromiseto work to abolish the office for which he was running.
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He fulfilled acampaignpromiseby refusing a state-issued car and instead drives his own car to and from work.
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This signaled to many he had broken hiscampaignpromiseand had, instead, escalated the war he promised to end.
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His onlycampaignpromisewas that, if elected, he would resign.
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On his 2004campaignpromisethat he would not support a sales tax.
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Another factor was delivering on acampaignpromise.
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Once in office, she kept thecampaignpromise, and lowered income taxes.
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Labor's main coalition demand andcampaignpromisewas raising the minimum wage.
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His solecampaignpromiseled to a hard fought incorporation battle, because many residents feared that incorporation would result in higher taxes.
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He also honored acampaignpromiseto remove speed cameras from the county.
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Not selling the railway had been a specificcampaignpromisein the previous election.
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During the term, he would keep to hiscampaignpromiseand introduce a plan to council aimed at lowering taxes.
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Consistent with hiscampaignpromise, he began major infrastructure construction of roads, parks, buildings, and even the mayor's office.
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Hatoyama even had to renege on acampaignpromiseto cut road-related taxes including a highly symbolic gasoline tax and highway tolls.
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In anothercampaignpromise, he pledged to end the draft.
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