preferential primary

preferential primary
A form of primary election, such as is now held in New Hampshire, Oregon, and some other states in reference to presidential candidates, which, while not conclusive of nomination, gives the members of a political party, who are qualified to vote at the primary, an opportunity for expressing their choice, and gives a candidate the opportunity of testing his appeal to the voters.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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