''A 'Hollywood Reporter' article on July 10, 1972 described the train trip [for The Candidate (1972)], which stopped in various Florida cities, emulating an actual 'whistlestop' political campaign, at which [Robert] Redford [Robert Redford] gave stump speeches and McKay banners and buttons were handed out'' according to Turner Classic Movies.
Turner Classic Movies states that ''according to a June 28, 1972 'Los Angeles Times' article . . . during the first two weeks of July 1972, [Robert] Redford [Robert Redford] would promote the film [The Candidate (1972)] on an 'unprecedented promotional whistle-stop train voyage throughout the Eastern states'."