English Dictionary

donkey vote

名詞

オーストラリア英語

(Australia) The act of casting a vote, in an election using a preferential voting system, by specifying the candidates in the order in which they are listed on the ballot paper (i.e., by numbering the choices sequentially from top to bottom, ignoring what they represent); a vote so cast.

日本語の意味

（オーストラリアの選挙において）候補者の名前が記載された順番通りに、つまり上から下へ連続した番号を振る形で票を投じる行為。候補者それぞれの真の支持を示すのではなく、単にリスト通りに投票する方法

Several voters admitted they had cast a donkey vote because they were overwhelmed by the long list of unfamiliar candidates.

数人の有権者は、見慣れない候補者が多くて圧倒されたため、投票用紙に記載された順に上から下へ順番に候補者に番号を付けて投票したと認めた。

意味（1）

(Australia) The act of casting a vote, in an election using a preferential voting system, by specifying the candidates in the order in which they are listed on the ballot paper (i.e., by numbering the choices sequentially from top to bottom, ignoring what they represent); a vote so cast.

The share of preferences going from the Progress Party to the Democrats was swollen, if not almost wholly accounted for, by donkey votes.

donkey votes （ plural ）