BARNSTORM

[verb] [esp. US] - to travel to a lot of small towns and make political speeches to try to obtain people's votes or supportDuring the election campaign Roberta Smith barnstormed the country, thrilling audiences with her speeches. [T]He plans to barnstorm across the state to generate public support for his legislation. [I]During his barnstorming campaign for the presidential election, he travelled 18 000 miles, making 600 speeches to five million people.(esp. US) In the past, to barnstorm was to travel to a lot of small towns and perform flying tricks in aircraft.