straight ticket

noun

, U.S. Politics.

a ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
a ticket on which all the candidates nominated by a party are members of the party.

straight ticket

See split ticket
a ballot for all the candidates of one and only one political party Compare split ticket

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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 .

I therefore, and probably twenty-nine out of every thirty of those who voted in the borough, voted a 'straight ticket.'

It is pretty well understood, we believe, that the Bridgeport Irish, vote the "straight ticket."

Men from the low country: We cannot elect a straight ticket.

Ticket: to vote the straight ticket is to vote for all the men or measures your party wishes.

And I suppose you intend to vote the straight ticket right along?

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