[Ads-l] New Sense of the Noun "Primary"

[Mark Mandel]

A useful observation. But "nationwide individual state..." seems
contradictory. Wouldn't "entire *nationwide season* of individual state
qualifying elections" be more accurate?

MAM

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 8:12 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> Probably I should say "The new sense denotes the entire season of
> nationwide individual state qualifying elections for party presidential
> nominations."
>
> Fred Shapiro
>

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