DIRECT PRIMARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does direct primary mean? 

• DIRECT PRIMARY (noun)
  The noun DIRECT PRIMARY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DIRECT PRIMARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRECT PRIMARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("direct primary" is a kind of...):

primary; primary election (a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "direct primary"):

closed primary (a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote)

open primary (a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party))