straight-ticket

straight ticket

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
(US) Compare split ticket a ballot for all the candidates of one and only one political party

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