vote a straight ticket

vote a straight ticket

To cast a ballot in an election in which all of the candidates for whom one votes belong to the same political party. To be honest, I don't really follow politics, so I always just vote a straight ticket to try to help my political party as much as possible.
See also: straight, ticket, vote
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

vote a straight ticket

Fig. to cast a ballot on which all one's votes are for members of the same political party. I'm not a member of any political party, so I never vote a straight ticket. I usually vote a straight ticket because I believe in the principles of one party and not in the other's.
See also: straight, ticket, vote
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • vote a split ticket
  • the honest truth
  • reckon (someone or something) among (someone or something)
  • reckon among
  • make an honest buck
  • earn an honest buck
  • an honest buck
  • honest to a fault
  • an honest broker
  • honest to God/goodness
References in periodicals archive
Its sponsors argued that people would still have been able to vote a straight ticket but would have had to do so one candidate at a time.
The visual text of the ad read, "Vote for Democrats." (25) Though not explicitly condoned in the advertisement, the implication was to vote a straight ticket. This goal was made markedly easier by the ability of Texas voters to do so with a single checkmark.