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State elections of delegates to the nominating convention that chooses a major party's presidential candidate. In some states, delegates are elected by popular vote; in other states, party caucuses or miniconventions choose delegates.

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Primaries occur at different times during the presidential election year, a situation that drags out the process by which parties nominate candidates but allows wide public exposure to candidates and issues.

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But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races|David Freedlander|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Several Republicans won primaries in 2014 by running as ideologically pure conservatives who wanted new leadership in the House.
Kamikaze Congress Prepares to Strike Boehner|Ben Jacobs|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They excite people, and primaries tend to be dominated by voters who are the most excited.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Presidential primaries have a way of bringing out issues that later become policy or law.
Is Gay Marriage Going Away in 2016?|David Freedlander|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And that debate during the 1992 primaries worked out pretty well for the nominee.
Want President Hillary? Then Primary Her|Jeff Greenfield|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had personally led the fight in the Fraser County primaries and had vanquished Bassett!
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
She did not relish the idea that he had been defeated in the primaries; in her mind defeat was inseparable from dishonor.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
After the primaries you counted noses among the candidates and found it was going to be a tight squeak—a damned tight squeak.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
Each of these is composed of, or can be resolved into, two primaries.
Field's Chromatography|George Field
Orange, green and violet, each a combination of two primaries.
Color Value|C. R. Clifford

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