It may belong to a member of a specific political party. I may be a group of people travelling together to qualify for a reduced fare
I guess it refers to you don't have to pay the full price for the ticket.
In US politics a party ticket can be described this way; the candidates for president and vice president are called a "ticket".
Straight Ticket
That is an election held by a political party as part of the process of nominating a candidate to represent the party in the presidential election.
Closed Primary.
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split-ticket voting
The ticket refers to the candidates for president and vice-president for a specific political party.
The ticket refers to the candidates for president and vice-president for a specific political party.
to get them together
Voting a "straight ticket" in an election refers to voting for all of the candidates for a particular party, whereas a "split ticket" refers to when a voters chooses one candidate from one party and in another offices, votes for a candidate from another party. An independent voter is someone who did not declare party affiliation when registering to vote.
People who vote a straight ticket tend to have very strong party loyalty. If these people are such party loyalists to this extreme, they need every extra vote for their party to be counted.
Candidates are voted for in each state in the primary elections. These candidates are then chosen during the nominating conventions by each party. The party creates a presidential ticket and then compete against the other party's ticket on Election day.
B.Primary election