vote a straight ticket

Fig. to cast a ballot on which all one's votes are for members of the same political party. I'm not a member of any political party, so I never vote a straight ticket. I usually vote a straight ticket because I believe in the principles of one party and not in the other's.

See also: straight, ticket, vote

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Its sponsors argued that people would still have been able to vote a straight ticket but would have had to do so one candidate at a time.

Analysis: Straight-Ticket Voting Could Hobble Swing-District Candidates

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

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