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

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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

Organization had reduced the "silent vote" to five per cent. and won the suffrage for the women of Oklahoma.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Ida Husted Harper

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 Stephen Lucius Gwynn

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