English Dictionary

clown-car primary

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈklaʊn kɑɹ ˌpɹaɪməɹi/

名詞

アメリカ英語 軽蔑的

(US politics, chiefly derogatory) A primary election with a large number of serious candidates, usually more than four, making it possible that the winner will have been chosen by only a small portion of the electorate.

日本語の意味

米国政治における侮蔑的な表現で、候補者が非常に多数出馬して、有権者のごく一部の票で勝者が決まる可能性のある予備選挙を指す。 / 通常4人以上の候補者が名を連ね、票が分散するため、結果が一部の有権者によって左右される予備選挙を揶揄する呼称

Reporters joked that the open-seat contest had become a clown-car primary, with half a dozen credible contenders dividing the vote.

記者たちは、その空席をめぐる争いが候補者が乱立する予備選になり、有力な候補が6人もいて票が割れていると冗談めかして言った。

意味（1）

(US politics, chiefly derogatory) A primary election with a large number of serious candidates, usually more than four, making it possible that the winner will have been chosen by only a small portion of the electorate.

They can shake their heads over the seething anger in the Republican electorate, but this nasty and never-ending clown car primary is a problem of their own creation.

clown-car primaries （ plural ）