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Straight-ticket voting only involved the partisan section of the ballot, meaning that if an individual wished to vote in a non-partisan race or for or against a proposal, they had to cast those votes individually.
A ticket can also refer to a political group or political party. In this case, the candidates for a given party are said to be running on the party's ticket. "Straight party voting" (most common in some U.S. states) is voting for the entire party ticket, including every office for which the party has a candidate running. [1]
Election Q&A: I'm confused about the straight-ticket question on my ballot. If I vote for a party, can I also vote in individual races?
Split-ticket voting or ticket splitting is when a voter in an election votes for candidates from different political parties when multiple offices are being decided by a single election, as opposed to straight-ticket voting, where a voter chooses candidates from the same political party for every office up for election.
While straight ticket voting has declined among the general voting population, it is still prevalent in those who are strong Republicans and strong Democrats. [16] According to Paul Allen Beck and colleagues, "the stronger an individual's party identification was, the more likely he or she was to vote a straight ticket." [17]
Included below are all of the major party (Democratic-Republican, Federalist, Democratic, National Republican, Whig, and Republican) presidential tickets in U.S. history, [1] along with the nonpartisan candidacy of George Washington. Also included are independent and third party tickets that won at least ten percent of the popular or electoral ...
With ticket forgiveness, the insurer “forgives” the policyholder for a minor infraction, typically considering it a one-time incident and not worth raising the insurance rates for as a result.
The term originated in the late 19th century. These voters would allegedly "vote for a yellow dog before they would vote for any Republican", [2] [3] or, "vote for a yellow dog if he ran on the Democratic ticket". [1] The term is now more generally applied to refer to any Democrat who will vote a straight party ticket under any