Meaning of donkey voter | Babel Free

Definitions

A voter who casts a donkey vote.

Australia

Examples

“One is the donkey vote, which is thought to account for three per cent. of all votes cast. Donkey voters mark their papers one-two-three straight down the ticket.”

“We can estimate the numbers of donkey voters because the ALP Senate candidate Healy headed the Senate list at the same election.”

“The Senate vote for any party in any State will benefit from a ‘windfall’ from the ‘donkey voters’ (ie those who vote straight down and across the ballot) if that party wins the first place on the ballot paper — which is decided by lot.”

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