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underticket

underticket noun: the elections for minor positions that are on the same ballot as elections for positions that receive more press coverage and attention.

Noun

underticket

  1. The elections for minor positions that are on the same ballot as elections for positions that receive more press coverage and attention.
    • First, there was the embarrassment of the election of 1890, and the recognition by many voters (including several Republican leaders) that the election had been stolen, at least from the candidates for the underticket.1986, Connecticut History, page 103
    • Thus the governor was able to take charge of his party, win the primary for himself and his lieutenant governor, and control the underticket.1998, Sarah McCally Morehouse, The Governor as Party Leader: Campaigning and Governing, page 157

Origin of underticket

From under- + ticket.

Questions about underticket

What does underticket mean?
Underticket means the elections for minor positions that are on the same ballot as elections for positions that receive more press coverage and attention.
What part of speech is underticket?
Underticket is a noun.

Words near underticket in the dictionary

  1. underthrows
  2. underthrust
  3. underthrusted
  4. underthrusting
  5. underthrusts
  6. underticket
  7. undertide
  8. undertides
  9. undertie
  10. underties
  11. undertilde

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