downballot

English

Adjective

downballot (comparative more downballot, superlative most downballot)

1. Alternative form of down-ballot
   • 2000, Roy R. Barkley, Mark F. Odintz, The Portable Handbook of Texas, →ISBN, page 99:

     White won with 54 percent of the vote, and the Republicans failed to gain any downballot statewide offices.

   • 2003, Kimberly Love Nalder, Democracy and the electoral consequences of term limits:

     There is some evidence, however, that downballot races can influence turnout.

   • 2009, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, Lessons learned from the 2004 presidential election, page 302:

     Is there any precedent in Ohio for a downballot candidate receiving on a percentage or absolute basis so many more votes than the Presidential candidate of the same party in this or any other presidential election?

   • 2017, Amnon Cavari, Richard J. Powell, Kenneth R. Mayer, The 2016 Presidential Election, →ISBN:

     There is a substantial political science literature on the effects of presidential campaigns on downballot races.