Sentence:  As for leadership, she applauds New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose stern law and order policies have won over the "black <WSD>silent majority</WSD>," she says. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The largest portion of a demographic group or of the population of a political jurisdiction, which is considered to possess political and social views that are not openly declared, but that can nevertheless significantly affect voting patterns and social behavior.