| 释义 |
Definition of donkey vote in English: donkey votenoun Australian, NZ (in a preferential system of voting) a vote in which the preferences recorded simply follow the order in which candidates' names appear on the ballot paper. I would much rather people abstain than cast a donkey vote Example sentencesExamples - The donkey vote has remained stable since 1999.
- Meanwhile, the number of donkey votes rises, the number of informal votes rises, people avoid registering to vote, and many people just make blind guesses at the polling booth.
- They only won thanks to the donkey vote.
- The Labor Party did have the donkey vote last time.
- I can assure you that next time I will be doing a donkey vote unless I have learned something new between now and then.
- Abolishing compulsory voting would cut out the donkey vote to some extent.
- The best thing the candidate could hope for would be to win the donkey vote in the next ballot draw.
- There is doubtless an element of donkey vote in his close call.
- That 81% includes high numbers of donkey votes, invalid votes and blind guesses, so our real turnouts could be as low as 60%.
- The fines for not voting are small and often not enforced, and you can always cast a donkey vote anyway.
Origin Early 20th century: an allusion to the donkey's reputation for stupidity. |