down-ticket

English

Adjective

down-ticket (comparative more down-ticket, superlative most down-ticket)

1. Synonym of down-ballot
   • 2013, John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Double Down, →ISBN, page 91:

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

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

     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).

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

     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.