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  • noun informal, US A primary election for president that takes place on the same day across a wide geographic area covering many voters.

Etymologies

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mega- +‎ primary

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  • The story explains how the Clinton campaign was built on inevitability, calling it a "haughty operation so confident it would have the nomination wrapped up by now that it didn't even put a field organization in place for the states that were to come after the megaprimary on February 5th."

    CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2008 2008

  • Globe: The dangers of a megaprimary are poorly understood.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Campaigning in America 2007

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    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Campaigning in America 2007

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