stump speech

English

Stump Speaking (1853-54), George Caleb Bingham

Etymology

From a bucolic image of a politician touring little settlements with his boilerplate speech which he delivers standing atop the stump of a chopped-down tree.

Noun

stump speech (plural stump speeches)

1. (politics) A standard speech by a politician running for office.

Translations

standard pre-election speech

• Russian: ^{(please verify)} предвы́борная ре́чь f (predvýbornaja réčʹ)