sympathy vote
noun [ S ] informal uk/ˈsɪm.pə.θi ˌvəʊt/ us/ˈsɪm.pə.θi ˌvoʊt/
同情票
an occasion when a lot of people vote for or support a particular person because he or she has suffered recently
He won the award, but some suspected he got the sympathy vote following his struggle with cancer. 他赢得了这个奖项，但有些人怀疑这是因为他与癌症的抗争赢得了同情票。