The word "canvassed" is correct in written English.
It is typically used in the context of seeking opinions, votes, or information from a group of people.
Example: "The campaign team canvassed the neighborhood to gather support for their candidate."
Alternatives: "Solicited" or "Surveyed".
Even though his father spent most of his life at odds with the party, Miliband says, he would always vote Labour and often canvassed for them.
While I generally attempt to hold a neutral position on the pieces I write, I feel obliged to declare an interest here, having canvassed for a yes vote in Ireland last week.
Rogoff, a former chief economist at the IMF, is regularly canvassed by the chancellor as he seeks a robust defence for the UK's slow recovery.
A Conservative party source said Rose was "desperate to do some sort of deal with the Conservative candidate" and shared an email with the Guardian that appeared to be from Rose to Smith in which Rose writes: "Canvassed Thornhill today, all day.
Last weekend 250 activists turned up to canvass across Tory-held Battersea when, according to their candidate Will Martindale, all but 10 streets in the constituency were canvassed.
On the short journey between his car and the polling station Davis was accosted by one of his challengers, David Bishop from Church of the Militant Elvis party, who unsuccessfully canvassed for his rival's vote.
It had been canvassed internally for some time and Kevin did well to so rapidly reach agreement with Papua New Guinea.
Sumatra Road in West Hampstead makes a good claim to be the UK's most canvassed street.
The DWP proposals were canvassed the year before, amid warnings that the failure of the coalition to get to grips with accelerating spending on key benefits would leave the next administration "vulnerable to a breach" of the welfare spending cap.
He had canvassed them over and over, and over again.
The night before the election, as he canvassed the South Ward where he and Mr Baraka both live, Mr Jeffries had to remind voters that: "I grew up in the hood".The campaign was rough even by New Jersey's standards.
