downticket
Below the top
Downticket refers to candidates or races lower on the ballot than the headline contest—typically state legislators, judges, and local officials appearing below presidential or gubernatorial races.
The term acknowledges how voters often focus on top-of-ticket races while paying less attention to those further down: Strong turnout for the presidential race helped downticket Democrats.
Also spelled down-ticket or down ticket.
Of this area
- countyLocal administrative division
- municipalOf city government
- judicialOf courts and judges
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
sheriff · clerk · auditor · commissioner · assessor · coroner · treasurer · surveyor
County's chief officer
- clerkOffice record-keeper
- auditorFinancial records examiner
- commissionerAppointed agency leader
- assessorOne who estimates value
coroner · treasurer · surveyor · constable · magistrate · alderman · trustee · councilmember
Rear jacket panels
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
- platformRaised flat structure
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
caucus · primary · endorsement · affiliation · loyalty · majority · minority · midterms
Common people as political base
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
- endorsementsFormal declarations of support
get-out-the-vote · door-to-door · activism · advocacy · donations · mailers · undervote
local
Of this area
legislature · sheriff · clerk · auditor · commissioner · assessor · coroner · treasurer · surveyor · constable
sheriff
County's chief officer
- clerkOffice record-keeper
- auditorFinancial records examiner
- commissionerAppointed agency leader
assessor · coroner · treasurer · surveyor · constable · magistrate · alderman · trustee · councilmember · prosecutor
coattails
Rear jacket panels
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
- platformRaised flat structure
slate · caucus · primary · endorsement · affiliation · loyalty · majority · minority · midterms · realignment
grassroots
Common people as political base
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
endorsements · get-out-the-vote · door-to-door · activism · advocacy · donations · mailers · undervote
downticketpresidential
Of the highest office
headliner · gubernatorial · standard-bearer · main event · statewide