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

Example Sentences

When another member of the cabinet, John Biffen, wondered aloud if the Tories should fight the next election with a "balanced ticket" - code for less than full-throated Thatcherism - he opened the papers to find he was a "semi-detached member of the government".

From BBC

Even her California allies liked the balanced ticket.

From Washington Post

“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

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is facing growing pressure from activists and party leaders to lead a racially balanced ticket in the wake of explosive incidents involving African Americans and police violence that have stoked widespread outrage.

From Washington Post

It was a balanced ticket—a formerly conservative Southerner and a Minnesota liberal—but one that clicked.

From The Wall Street Journal