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down-ballot en · ADJ

Etymology

From the organization of most electoral ballots, which list electoral offices in descending order of the amount of power wielded by the officeholder.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to the election of a relatively minor officeholder.
   • In down-ballot races, television advertising is rare. 2015, John S Klemanski, David A. Dulio, Michael Switalski, Campaigns from the Ground Up, →ISBN:
   • One task of these developers at the party was to create tools for state parties and down-ballot candidates built from this data architecture. 2016, Daniel Kreiss, Prototype Politics, →ISBN:
   • In 2012, Coleman again secured his reelection with more than 90 percent of the vote, and Democratic candidates in his district secured a greater share of the mean precinct down-ballot vote in 2012 than in 2000. 2013, George Hawley, Voting and Migration Patterns in the U.S., →ISBN:
   • Just as I stepped out of the shower, I got a call from a state senator who was planning to run for a down-ballot statewide office against the mayor of a suburban city. 2012, Howie Carr, Hard Knocks, →ISBN:

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