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Definition of Straight ticket
1. Noun. A ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party.
Definition of Straight ticket
1. Noun. (American English) A ballot cast for all the candidates of a specific political party. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straight Ticket
Literary usage of Straight ticket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readings on American State Government by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1911)
"claimed that a mark in any one of the straight-ticket circles and an additional
mark opposite Mr. Jerome's name was a legal vote for him and also for all ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"straight ticket. The regular ticket as issued. To vote the straight ticket is to
vote without " scratching." 1862 During the gubernatorial contest of 1861, ..."
3. The Political Text-book, Or Encyclopedia: Containing Everything Necessary by Michael W. Cluskey (1857)
"Would to God that you could give the twe electoral votes of Pennsylvania to Then
vote the straight ticket, if that will g» him the twenty-seven votes. ..."
4. The Political Text-book, Or Encyclopedia: Containing Everything Necessary by Michael W. Cluskey (1860)
"[This question was responded to in the affirmative, with the greatest enthusiasm.
Repeated cheers were proposed for the straight ticket, ..."
5. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"To vote the straight ticket a key is pulled out, but the vote is not registered
until the voter swings the gate on the voting machine. ..."
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