down-ballotadj.

Brit.

/ˌdaʊnˈbalət/, U.S.

/ˈˌdaʊnˈˌbælət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adv., ballot n.¹

Etymology: < down adv. + ballot n.¹

U.S. Politics.

Of a contest for a political office: appearing in a relatively low position on the electoral ballot, which typically lists contested offices in descending order from national to local. Also: of or relating to such a contest or its candidates.

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1982 Paris (Texas) News 25 Apr. (Voter's Guide Suppl.) 23/3 A down-ballot race just does not attract the attention.

1992 Harper's Mag. Oct. 18/2 As a downballot candidate, you should try to attend senatorial and gubernatorial events in your state that you know will feature a celebrity.

1999 R. C. Luskin et al. in E. E. Slotnick Judicial Politics (ed. 2) 62/2 Party labels are especially important in down-ballot races, where voters almost never know anything about the candidates.

2008 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Electronic ed.) 23 Dec. a1 President-elect Barack Obama carried some down-ballot Democrats to unlikely victories.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	down-ballot
释义	down-ballotadj. Brit. /ˌdaʊnˈbalət/, U.S. /ˈˌdaʊnˈˌbælət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adv., ballot n.¹ Etymology: < down adv. + ballot n.¹ U.S. Politics. Of a contest for a political office: appearing in a relatively low position on the electoral ballot, which typically lists contested offices in descending order from national to local. Also: of or relating to such a contest or its candidates. ΚΠ 1982 Paris (Texas) News 25 Apr. (Voter's Guide Suppl.) 23/3 A down-ballot race just does not attract the attention. 1992 Harper's Mag. Oct. 18/2 As a downballot candidate, you should try to attend senatorial and gubernatorial events in your state that you know will feature a celebrity. 1999 R. C. Luskin et al. in E. E. Slotnick Judicial Politics (ed. 2) 62/2 Party labels are especially important in down-ballot races, where voters almost never know anything about the candidates. 2008 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Electronic ed.) 23 Dec. a1 President-elect Barack Obama carried some down-ballot Democrats to unlikely victories. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1982
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