down-ticket

comparative more down-ticket · superlative most down-ticket

1. Synonym of down-ballot.

   He should form a PAC to dole out dollars to down-ticket Republicans.

   2013, John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Double Down, →ISBN, page 91

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   Second, each percentage point gain for Obama among whites translated into a 1.16 point gain for the down-ticket Democrats (all of whom except for the challengers to Jeff Sessions [R-Ala.] and Thad Cochran [R-Miss.] are white).

   2014, Charles S. Bullock, Ronald Keith Gaddie, The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South, →ISBN, page 370

   When one uses linear regression to test the relationship between white vote shares of down-ticket candidates for U.S. Senate and governor and the Obama performance among whites, while controlling for incumbency in the contest, the following patterns emerge.

   2016, Charles S. Bullock, Ronald Keith Gaddie, Justin J. Wert, The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, →ISBN

   Synonyms: down-ballot