gray vote

gray vote
 n.— «Latham also promised to ramp up spending on Australia’s aged, in a bid to win back the so-called “gray vote.”» —“Australia Labor Leader Chides US On Iraq” by Rebecca Thurlow in Brisbane, Austral. Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 29, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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