An election in which voters choose candidates to represent each political party in a general election?

Direct Primary

Explanation:

Political primary only exist in a country which is controlled by more than one political party. During the general election, each party will put their candidate to compete with the candidate from another party in order to take the presidential seat.

Direct primary is held by each party to allow the registered supporters to cast out their vote in order to choose the one that will represent the party for the presidential seat.

During the primaries, a group of potential candidates will be grouped up and told to held a group debate to discuss  various type of issues that they wish to use as a platform during the general election. Registered supporters can make their choice based on the result of this discussion.

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