A campaign bus is a bus used as both a vehicle and a center of operations in a political campaign. The modern use of campaign buses is often calculated to bring to mind whistle stop tours that political candidates had historically used to reach large numbers of voters while campaigning by train. Perhaps the most famous example of such a bus was John McCain's "Straight Talk Express", used in the 2000 and 2008 United States' presidential election.^[1] An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... Political campaign Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political campaign is an organized effort to influence the decision making process within a group. ... For the term related to policital campaigning, see whistlestop. ... An SP freight train west of Chicago in 1992. ... John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American Republican politician, currently the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. ... Presidential election results map: Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney; Blue denotes those won by Gore/Lieberman. ... Presidential electoral votes by state The United States presidential election of 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008. ...

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1. ^ Life on the Straight Talk Express: All McCain, all of the time