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Definition of Direct primary
1. Noun. A primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office.
Definition of Direct primary
1. Noun. (American English) A primary in which voters directly select candidates for office by popular vote ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Direct Primary
Literary usage of Direct primary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Political Science Review (1922)
"In the opinion of those who consider the direct primary one of the leading
political reforms of the present century, this activity is due to the ..."
2. Primary Elections: A Study of the History and Tendencies of Primary Election by Charles Edward Merriam (1909)
"... CHAPTER V direct primary LEGISLATION (1899-1908) The legal regulation of the
convention system, however thoroughgoing and complete in its provisions, ..."
3. An Introduction to Political Parties and Practical Politics by Perley Orman Ray (1913)
"CHAPTER VI NOMINATIONS BY direct primary ELECTION Where the system of ...
Hence the name direct primary. The direct primary, however, is something more than ..."
4. Public opinion and popular government by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1913)
"§66] The direct primary be consonant with public opinion, ... The direct primary
Another remedy for the election of public officers who do not truly ..."
5. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1916)
"Statewide direct-primary laws were adopted in three states, bringing the total
number of direct-primary states to 42. and provision was made in the same ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"A direct primary is a party election at which candidates for nomination are ...
Ibc direct primary was adopted by a legislate »ct instead of by party rule ..."
7. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"Since the introduction of the direct primary in 1900, more than 90 per cent, ...
In Crawford county, Pennsylvania, where the direct primary first originated ..."
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