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MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 10:22 AM Jun 2017

Are there any DUers who did not vote in the November, 2016 election?

By that I mean DUers who are eligible to register and vote.

Well, any who are willing to admit that?

Apparently, some people who were registered to vote in that election did not bother to go to the polls. About 37% of registered voters in my own precinct did not show up to vote, and other areas had even higher numbers of people who were registered to vote who simply did not vote in that crucial election.

Personally, I cannot imagine not voting in a presidential election. I simply cannot. In any election, really. I cannot think of a justifiable excuse other than being gravely ill or suddenly called away in an emergency situation that could prevent me from voting. I have voted in every election, including minor local elections, since I turned 21 in 1966. I voted by absentee ballot while I served in the USAF, and in person at my polling place in every other election.

So, if you did not vote in November, 2016, I'd be interested in why that was.

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Are there any DUers who did not vote in the November, 2016 election? (Original Post) MineralMan Jun 2017 OP
There are a handful of Canadians and other non-US citizens here Lithos Jun 2017 #1
That's true. Thanks. MineralMan Jun 2017 #2
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