straight ticket

American  

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.

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straight ticket British  

noun

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

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straight ticket Idioms  

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of straight ticket

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

“I think I’m just going to vote straight ticket. And I usually don’t do that.”

From New York Times

Making it easy to cast a straight ticket is unwise for many reasons.

From Washington Times

Those machines lined up candidates by parties in grids so that it was easy to vote a straight ticket.

From Washington Post

And Republican leaders have fought straight ticket voting, which would have reduced the time voters spend casting in-person ballots, and have unsuccessfully tried to block curbside voting and online voter registration.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump tweeted soon after the Patriots’ 37-31 victory to stamp their third straight ticket to the title game.

From Los Angeles Times