The phrase "aftermath of the primary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the consequences or results that follow a primary election.
Example: "The aftermath of the primary revealed significant shifts in voter sentiment and party alignment."
Alternatives: "consequences of the primary" or "results of the primary".
"It's the aftermath of the primary, not the primary themselves, that were the problem".
In the aftermath of the primary elections in September, the race for speaker became highly active, with a number of candidates -- some of them not even officially members of the Council -- campaigning openly.
In a roundabout fashion, the Rev. Al Sharpton, a fixture in the politics of race, made the same point in the immediate aftermath of the primary: "What the election showed the other night is a lot of the identity politics of 20 years ago, 30 years ago has now become identity politics of policy".
In the aftermath of the New Hampshire Primary and a lawsuit that has opened up the Republican primary in New York, local supporters of the other candidates -- particularly Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, and former Senator Bill Bradley, Democrat of New Jersey -- say they have been galvanized.
In the aftermath of the South Carolina primary, former President Bill Clinton compared Obama's victory to those of Jesse Jackson in 1984 and 1988.
New York City, NY -- In the aftermath of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary [won narrowly by Hillary Clinton] -- a race in which Clinton had a 20-point lead only a few months ago -- the racism and hypocrisy of the Clinton campaign were laid bare for all a nation to scorn.
Seemingly unremarkable, these 19 words represent one of the many steps Romney will be taking as he treks back to the center in the aftermath of a primary campaign dominated by the hard right.
Makes me wanna holler: The hand-wringing aftermath of the recent presidential primaries in Appalachia -- from western Pennsylvania, North Carolina, West Virginia and Kentucky -- says more about the media's prejudice and misperception of the Mountain South than any insights into the voting ranks and their racism or religious narrowness.
Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has warned in the aftermath of his Florida primary victory that the White House election in November will be one of the most vitriolic and spiteful in US history.
In the aftermath of the Panic of 1819 —the first major financial crisis in United States history —the primary political issue of the day was debt relief.
"During the debate, I didn't make any statements that would indicate I'm a doctor, I'm a scientist, or making any conclusions about the drug one way or the other," she said of the comments in question, which she made in the aftermath of a GOP primary forum on Monday night.
