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straight ticket

 
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–noun U.S. Politics.
1. a ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
2. a ticket on which all the candidates nominated by a party are members of the party.
Compare split ticket.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism
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straight ticket  
n.  A ballot cast for all the candidates of one party.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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