direct primary

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   a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office

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Questions about direct primary

What does direct primary mean?

direct primary means "a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office".

Is direct primary a common word?

direct primary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.