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canvassing

systematic contact with individuals, commonly used during political campaigns
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canvassing

Summary

canvassing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (532 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • canvassing is a type of door-to-door[2].
  • canvassing is a type of election campaign[3].
  • canvassing is a type of political campaign[4].
  • canvassing is a type of propaganda[5].
  • canvassing's Commons category is recorded as Canvassing[6].
  • canvassing's facet of is recorded as election campaign[7].
  • canvassing's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • canvassing's used by is recorded as get out the vote[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include door-to-door[2], election campaign[3], political campaign[4], and propaganda[5].

Use and Application

canvassing's used by is recorded as get out the vote[9].

Why It Matters

canvassing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (532 views/month).[1] canvassing has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] canvassing is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Neo-Jay · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → get out the vote
    Sitelink count → 20
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hr', 'hy', 'i
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1535]]: [[Q5554342]]"
  2. 16d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → canvassing
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: canvassing, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922291|canvassing (#289922291)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 15w ago · Beko · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Facet of → election campaign
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Canvassing.jpg"
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