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Whistlestop - Definition and Overview

For the original railroad term see whistle stop.

A whistlestop or whistlestop tour is a style of political campaigning where the politician makes a series of brief appearances or speeches at a number of small towns over a short period of time. Originally, whistlestops were conducted from the caboose of locomotive.

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