Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Electioneer \E*lec`tion*eer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Electionered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Electioneering}.]
   To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts
   for securing the election of a candidate.

         A master of the whole art of electioneering.
                                                  --Macaulay.

Source : WordNet®

electioneering
     n 1: persuasion of voters in a political campaign [syn: {bell
          ringing}, {canvassing}]
     2: the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: {campaigning},
         {candidacy}, {candidature}, {political campaign}]