runoff primary
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runoff primary — noun : a second primary election held in some states to decide which of the two highest candidates for an office in the first primary will be awarded the party nomination * * * (esp. in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading… … Useful english dictionary
primary — Synonyms and related words: Maxwell triangle, Munsell scale, ab ovo, abecedarian, aboriginal, all absorbing, antenatal, anterior, arch, austere, autochthonous, banner, bare, basal, basic, basilar, beginning, bottom, budding, by election, capital … Moby Thesaurus
runoff — Synonyms and related words: bout, by election, caucus, closed primary, congressional election, contest, contested election, decathlon, defluxion, direct primary, discharge, double header, doubles, drain, drainage, effluence, efflux, effluxion,… … Moby Thesaurus
primary — n. party election (AE) 1) to hold a primary 2) a closed; direct; open; preferential; presidential; runoff primary * * * [ praɪm(ə)rɪ] direct open preferential presidential runoff primary [ party election ] (AE) to hold a primary … Combinatory dictionary
Primary election — For other uses, see Primary (disambiguation). Part of the Politics series Elections … Wikipedia
Nonpartisan blanket primary — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner … Wikipedia
Instant-runoff voting — Example instant runoff voting ballot … Wikipedia
French Socialist Party presidential primary, 2011 — Socialist Party presidential primary, 2011 2006 ← 9 and 16 October 2011 … Wikipedia
Comparison of instant runoff voting to other voting systems — This article is a comparison of various voting systems with Instant runoff voting (IRV), also called the Alternative Vote , preferential voting and ranked choice voting. Contents 1 Categories 2 Voting system criteria 3 Voting system results … Wikipedia
Tactical manipulation of runoff voting — Like virtually all electoral systems, in runoff voting there is potential for both tactical voting and strategic nomination. [The Gibbard Satterthwaite theorem shows that any voting method which does not allow tactical voting must be either… … Wikipedia
