I cannot overcome your sympathy vote here. I won't try.

[Matthew Wai]

Matthew said, "Thanks for the kind feedback. My English wording leaves much to be desired."
Tomcat replied, "I cannot overcome your sympathy vote here. I won't try."

Source: https://www.tenforums.com/network-s...ic-wi-fi-network-post2169768.html#post2169768

I have read the following definition of "sympathy vote" but still do not get the meaning of "overcome your sympathy vote", as I have never cast a vote for anyone there.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sympathy-vote

Does anyone know what it means?

 

[probus]

It's a mystery to me. I speculate that Tomcat is not a native speaker and has misunderstood "sympathy vote."

 

[Matthew Wai]

In my post #1, I said I should be the only non-native English speaker there. That is not a demand for only native speakers to respond.

 

[Tarheel]

In my post #1, I said I could be the only non-native English speaker there. That is not a demand for only native speakers to respond.

I suppose "sympathy vote" makes sense in the right context, but I don't see how it works there. (Maybe the person thinks the others sympathize with you because you are a non-native speaker. (People are often hard to figure out.))

Long time no see!

 

[jutfrank]

The guy has used sympathy vote wrong, so you're not going to make sense of it by looking in dictionaries.

I think he's saying that you're unfairly looking for sympathy by claiming to be a non-native speaker.