bloc voting
Unified group support
Bloc voting is casting ballots as a unified group rather than as individuals.
Members of a political party, union, ethnic community, or other faction vote together according to shared interests or leadership direction: The union's bloc voting gave them leverage in local elections.
The term often implies coordinated strategy or pressure to conform.
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- factionGroup within group
- unanimousComplete agreement among all
- caucusParty selection meeting
- smoke-filled roomSecret political negotiation venue
solidarity · delegate · partisan · straight ticket · ticket · swing · landslide · winner take all · majority · minority · alliance · party line · whip · lobby · special interest · turnout · precinct · tally
- votingballot, ballots, polls, candidates, aye
- East GermanyStasi, GDR, DDR, Berlin Wall, East Germany
- global governanceUN, United Nations, EU, World Bank, IMF
- legislative votesyea, nay, aye, ayes, nays
- party politicspolitical party, party, parties, party member, party system
- electoral systemsproportional representation, party list, electoral threshold, quota, seats