caucus race

Meanings

1. The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, especially presidential; a primary election via caucus.
2. A political competition; the game of campaigning and one-upmanship to get votes and be elected.

1. A laborious but arbitrary and futile activity; an activity that amounts to running around in a circle, expending great energy but not accomplishing anything.
2. A win-win system; a positive system in which everybody wins.

Etymology

From caucus (“special party meeting for vote allocation”) + race (“contest between people”).