ticket splitting
Mixed-party voting
Ticket splitting is voting for candidates from different political parties on the same ballot—choosing a Republican for president and a Democrat for senator, for instance.
The practice has declined as American politics has become more polarized, with voters increasingly voting a straight party ticket.
Ticket splitting was more common when local candidates mattered more than party labels.
- party lineOfficial political position
- ballotVoting document
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- votingFormally registering a choice
- crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
partisan · two-party system · election · general election · swing voter · swing state · moderate · political center · independent · primary · midterm · downballot · coattails · gerrymandering · precinct · polling place · booth · lever
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- splittingcell division
- party politicspolitical party, party, parties, party member, party system
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- local politicstown council, city councils, town meeting, mayors, alderman
- patronagepolitical patronage, patrons, benefactors, sponsors, donors