In the 2016 federal elections, every state that had Senate seats up for grabs in 2016 saw voters choose Senate members of the same party as the presidential candidate they voted for.In other words, no state where a majority voted for Republican nominee Donald Trump elected a Democratic senator, and no state where a majority voted for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton elected a Republican senator. Therefore, researchers suggest that the 2016 results showed an increase in people voting for the same party in different races, or _____________ voting, and a decrease in people voting for different parties in different races, or ______________ voting.

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Straight ticket voting is when a voter votes for all candidates of the same party, while split ticket voting is when a voter votes for candidates of different parties. The passage states that there was an increase in straight ticket voting and a decrease in split ticket voting in the 2016 elections.

In the 2016 Federal Elections, Every State That Had Senate