straight ticket


nounU.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.

Origin of straight ticket

1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Words Nearby straight ticket

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use straight ticket in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for straight ticket

straight ticket

noun
  1. US a ballot for all the candidates of one and only one political party: Compare split ticket

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with straight ticket

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® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.