invisible primary
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
invisible primary (plural invisible primaries)
- (US, politics) The period between when major political candidates show interest in running for president and when the primaries and caucuses actually begin.
- Synonym: money primary
- 2015, Wayne P. Steger, A Citizen's Guide to Presidential Nominations, page 96:
- This suggests that Democratic Party stakeholders were less able to unify behind a candidate during the invisible primaries before Bill Clinton became president.