silent vote

American  

noun

1. the vote of persons who have not previously expressed or made evident a preference.

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Etymology

Origin of silent vote

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

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silent vote

This has always served as an unofficial referendum on the fame of each season’s team, a silent vote on who stands as most beloved on the current roster.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2018

But his silent vote is profoundly disapproving of Bullet Park and its frangible felicities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chairman Brown of the entertainment committee brightened: "Don't be alarmed, that is merely the silent vote for Silent Cal."

From Time Magazine Archive

When, a few months later, the Boer rising followed, Dilke, with three other Radical Ministers, Bright, Chamberlain, and Courtney, refused to defend the Government's action even by a silent vote.

From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

I contented myself with giving a silent vote for Mr. Ullman, for Governor.

From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by Brownlow, William Gannaway