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Proportional Primary
Proportional Primary: A type of PRIMARY ELECTION used in a majority of stat es by the Democratic party.
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A type of PRIMARY ELECTION used in a majority of stat es by the Democratic party. Convention delegates are apportioned among the ca ndidates receiving the most votes in each district while the at-large delegates are a pportioned among the candidates statewide based on proportion of the vote received, so long as the pe rcentage exceeds a certain threshold, usually 15%.
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