票ひょう稼かせぎ

noun

vote-catching; fishing for votes

Used in political contexts to describe actions aimed at gaining votes, often with a slightly negative connotation of pandering.

• 選せん挙きょ前まえの票ひょう稼かせぎに過すぎないと批ひ判はんされた。

  It was criticized as nothing more than vote-catching before the election.

• 彼かれの公こう約やくは明あきらかな票ひょう稼かせぎだ。

  His campaign promises are obvious fishing for votes.