"straight ticket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: straight tickets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} straight ticket (plural straight tickets)
  1. (US) A ballot cast for all the candidates of a specific political party. Wikipedia link: Straight-ticket voting Tags: US Related terms: split ticket
    Sense id: en-straight_ticket-en-noun-XQ1kFVT5 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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