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(US politics) A day, often in April, in which a large number of states in the Northeast hold their primary elections for the process of nominating presidential candidates.
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(UK, politics) One of the eight voters who endorse the proposer and seconder's nomination of a candidate for election to the parliament of the United Kingdom.
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An election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly-scheduled elections.
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Pronunciation spelling of candidate. [A person who is running in an election.]
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A person who is running in an election.
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(US, idiomatic) The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, especially presidential; a primary election via caucus.
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(US politics, chiefly derogatory) A primary election with a large number of serious candidates, usually more than four, making it possible that the winner will have been chosen by only a small portion of the electorate.
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A voting system that selects the candidate who would beat each of the other candidates in a run-off election
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A election process in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons, or political party that they desire to see elected.
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(US) A primary in which voters directly select candidates for office by popular vote
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Pertaining to the election of a relatively minor officeholder.
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(theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
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One who has the power of choosing; an elector.
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(archaic) Any conscious choice.
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An organised effort by individuals or their parties to persuade voters to vote for them in an election.
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(US politics) The day on which general elections are held in the United States: the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
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To campaign for an elective office, on one's own behalf, or on behalf of another, particularly by direct contact.
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(politics) A body of electors empowered to elect someone to a particular office, such as the Holy Roman Emperor or the President of the United States.
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The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
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(US politics) A delegate selected to participate in an electoral college and assigned to a particular candidate who votes for a different candidate, usually to protest the already-determined outcome of the vote.
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(US politics) A state primary election run by a political party rather than by the government.
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A voting system where the candidate with the most votes (a plurality) wins, without any form of preference transfer.
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Initialism of general election. [An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation.]
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(Australia) Selection or election to a position.
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(US, politics) The period between when major political candidates show interest in running for president and when the primaries and caucuses actually begin.
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(US politics) A primary election in which all candidates run against each other, regardless of political affiliation, with a possible runoff if no candidate wins an absolute majority.
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(US, politics) A ticket where the running mate is more popular than the primary candidate.
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(politics) The order or authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
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(informal, US) A primary election for president that takes place on the same day across a wide geographic area covering many voters.
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A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty
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A voter who plumps his or her vote.
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Someone who participates in a poll.
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(US, politics, transitive, intransitive) To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
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(politics) A sham referendum.
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(US politics) The day in February or March on which a large number of states hold their primary elections for the process of nominating presidential candidates.
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(informal, US) A primary election for president that takes place on the same day across a wide geographic area covering many voters.
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(politics) The last few days before a parliament is dissolved in which important legislation must be concluded
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An election in which a political party makes major gains.
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