balanced ticket

American  

noun

U.S. Politics.

1. a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.

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Etymology

Origin of balanced ticket

First recorded in 1955–60

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balanced ticket

Even her California allies liked the balanced ticket.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2022

“She needs to figure out what a balanced ticket looks like,” said Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

Or, following her husband's example, HRC could dispense altogether with the idea of a balanced ticket.

From US News ● Jun. 28, 2016

The so-called balanced ticket, on which candidates were chosen to galvanize their singular constituencies — typically, Irish, Italian and Jewish voters — has been in decline since 1961.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2012

A few months earlier the same three men, a neatly balanced ticket, did the same thing for Yeshiva University, a Jewish institution.

From Time Magazine Archive