straight ticket

A voting ballot in which all the candidates voted for in a particular election are of the same political party. To be honest, I don't know the policies of anyone besides the presidential candidate, so I always just vote a straight ticket.

straight ticket

All the candidates of a single political party, as in Are you going to vote a straight ticket again? [Mid-1800s] Also see split ticket.

See also: straight, ticket

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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The visual text of the ad read, "Vote for Democrats." (25) Though not explicitly condoned in the advertisement, the implication was to vote a straight ticket. This goal was made markedly easier by the ability of Texas voters to do so with a single checkmark.

Check one and the accountability is done: the harmful impact of straight-ticket voting on judicial elections

Democrats have tried to do away with the ability to vote a straight ticket, which has always been seen as benefiting Republicans.

2006 was indeed a watershed election year

Some will argue that a particular political party has certain values, so if you vote a straight ticket, you will be voting for those values, but I disagree.

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