vote\ a\ straight\ ticket
- vote\ a\ straight\ ticket
v. phr.
To not differentiate one's ballot according to individual names and posts, but to vote for all candidates for all positions of the same party.
"I never have time to study the ballot in detail," Marie said, "and so I tend to vote a straight Republican ticket."
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань".
Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс.
1997.
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