straight ticket

noun, U.S. Politics.

a ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.

a ticket on which all the candidates nominated by a party are members of the party.

Origin

1855-60, Americanism

Examples from the web for straight ticket

No voting machine or device used at any state or local election shall be equipped with a straight ticket device.
The act repeals provisions that allow straight ticket voting.
City candidates would be placed at the end of the ballot and the majority of voters vote a straight ticket.
If you vote a straight ticket you won't hae to scratch your head.
There isn't anything puzzling about a straight ticket.
Some half-dozen districts probably will vote a straight ticket.
It new remains for the voters te leek into the records, study the premises aud vole the straight ticket.

British Dictionary definitions for straight ticket

noun

(US) a ballot for all the candidates of one and only one political party Compare split ticket

Idioms and Phrases with 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