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clown-car primary

noun
/ˈklaʊn kɑɹ ˌpɹaɪməɹi/US

Etymology

From clown car + primary.

  1. borrowed from prīmārius
  2. compounded as clown-car primary — “clown car + primary”

Definitions

  1. A primary election with a large number of serious candidates, usually more than four,…

    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.

    • Two Months into Republicans' Clown Car Primary, WSJ/NBC Poll Finds Voters Turning against the GOP - Again [title]
    • The Republicans held a clown-car primary in 2012 with a dozen debates where their credo of hewing to the party line (more conservative than thou) prevented any candidate from emerging looking presidential.
    • They can shake their heads over the seething anger in the Republican electorate, but this nasty and never-ending "clown car primary" is a problem of their own creation.

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