Definitions for primary election
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1. primary, primary electionnoun

   a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

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1. primary electionnoun

   A preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.

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1. Primary election

   Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the country and administrative divisions within the country, voters might consist of the general public in what is called an open primary, or solely the members of a political party in what is called a closed primary. In addition to these, there are other variants on primaries (which are discussed below) that are used by many countries holding elections throughout the world. The origins of primary elections can be traced to the progressive movement in the United States, which aimed to take the power of candidate nomination from party leaders to the people. However, political parties control the method of nomination of candidates for office in the name of the party. Other methods of selecting candidates include caucuses, internal selection by a party body such as a convention or party congress, direct nomination by the party leader, and nomination meetings. Primary elections are typically held for offices that have a rigid term, such as a president, governor or member of a legislature. Offices such as a prime minister, which can be replaced without recourse to a new election, typically do not have dedicated primaries of their own; rather, the party typically nominates its internal party leader as its candidate for such an office. However, Prime Ministerial primaries have been held in inter-party electoral alliances, such as the 2021 Hungarian opposition primary, and also in cases where a single party opted to retain its leader but select someone else as its Prime Ministerial candidate, as the Portuguese Socialist Party has done in 2014. The inverse may also happen; the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan automatically bestows the party's internal leadership on a sitting DPP president.

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1. primary election

   A primary election is a preliminary election process in which registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office. These candidates then represent the party in the general elections. Primary elections are utilized in the democratic process in numerous countries, including the United States. They can be open, where any registered voter can participate regardless of party affiliation; closed, where only registered party members can participate; or semi-closed, where party members and independent voters can participate.

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1. Primary election

   A primary election is an election that narrows the field of candidates before an election for office. Primary elections are one means by which a political party or a political alliance nominates candidates for an upcoming general election or by-election. Primaries are common in the United States, where their origins are traced to the progressive movement to take the power of candidate nomination from party leaders to the people. Other methods of selecting candidates include caucuses, conventions, and nomination meetings. Historically, Canadian political parties chose their candidates through nominating conventions held by constituency riding associations. Canadian party leaders are elected at leadership conventions, although some parties have abandoned this practice in favor of one member, one vote systems.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of primary election in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of primary election in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of primary election in a Sentence

1. Jeff Millman:

   While 217 delegates expressed their view on Saturday, Senator Feinstein won by 2.1 million votes and earned 70 % of the Democratic vote in the California Primary election, carrying every county by double digits over Read MoreFeinstein opponent, we are confident that a large majority of California Democrats will vote to reelect Senator Feinstein in November.

2. Charlie Spies:

   Matt Mowers moved to New Jersey, established residency there and then had a pattern in voting in New Jersey. New Jersey is New Jersey whether the election referred to in the statute would be a party controlled primary election in one state, versus another state months earlier, even if New Jersey were a clear violation of a clear statute within the statute of limitations, which New Jersey is not, but even if New Jersey were, there is no evidence, that I am aware of, of anybody having been prosecuted.

3. Steve Sisolak:

   This bill will help prevent Nevadans from experiencing the long lines at polling locations they faced during the Primary election, which will protect their safety, safeguard their right to make their voices heard, and help reduce the spread of COVID-19.

4. Nathan Gonzales:

   We’re not used to talking about California being an important state in the general or primary election -- particularly the Republican side in the primaries. But this year, every delegate matters, and California, which is sitting right at the end of the calendar on June 7, is a huge prize.

5. Oregon Elections Director Deborah Scroggin:

   My office remains focused on ensuring a fair process and meeting our March 17 deadline, after which clerks begin printing ballots. While the primary election is in May, for Oregon’s elections administrators, the work begins much sooner.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=primary election
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Primary_Election
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_Election
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5. ^ Wikidata
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