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whistle-stop tour

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Noun1.whistle-stop tour - a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited; "in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours"
tour, circuit - a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"
campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign - the campaign of a candidate to be elected


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After their whistle-stop tour they boarded the USS Palomino and blasted back into deep space.
British actress Joanna Lumley continues her whistle-stop tour in Nepal by meeting ex-Gurkhas in Pokhara.
Its opening coincided with the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was in Bahrain as part of a whistle-stop tour of the Gulf.
 
 
 
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