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1direct primary election — ☆ direct primary election n. a preliminary election at which candidates for public office are chosen by direct vote of the people instead of by delegates at a convention: in closed primary elections voters must declare party affiliation and may… …
2direct primary election — ☆ direct primary election n. a preliminary election at which candidates for public office are chosen by direct vote of the people instead of by delegates at a convention: in closed primary elections voters must declare party affiliation and may… …
3direct primary — direct′ pri′mary n. gov a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote • Etymology: 1895–1900 …
4vote — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 choice/decision made by voting ADJECTIVE ▪ electoral ▪ majority ▪ huge, massive (esp. BrE), overwhelming, resounding (esp. BrE) …
5direct primary — noun a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office • Hypernyms: ↑primary, ↑primary election • Hyponyms: ↑closed primary, ↑open primary * * * noun : a preliminary election at which direct nominations of candidates… …
6direct primary — noun Date: 1900 a primary in which nominations of candidates for office are made by direct vote …
7direct primary — U.S. Politics. a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote. Cf. indirect primary. [1895 1900] * * * …
8direct democracy — /dərɛkt dəˈmɒkrəsi/ (say duhrekt duh mokruhsee) noun a form of democracy in which issues are decided by a direct vote of all the members of the community (opposed to representative democracy) …
9Direct representation — Direct representation[1] or proxy representation[2] is a proposed form of representative democracy where each representative s vote is weighted in proportion to the number of citizens who have chosen that candidate to represent them. This is in… …
10vote — [ vɔt ] n. m. • 1702; mot angl.; lat. votum → vœu 1 ♦ Opinion exprimée, dans une assemblée délibérante, un corps politique. ⇒ suffrage, voix. Compter les votes favorables à un projet. ♢ Suffrage, dans une élection. « Je lui enlèverai [...] les… …
