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nonvoter

nonvoter

1 4.1
A person who can vote but chooses not to do so
  • noun
  • /nɒnˈvoʊtər/
translation icon : no votante
  • It doesn't matter what party you are: GOP, Demo, Libertarian, Green, Constitutional, or nonvoter.
  • voters and nonvoters
  • Many nonvoters

But I'm going to guess that the majority of nonvoters deeply love their country and are deeply patriotic.

Examples

  • I had been doing this for a couple of weeks but still had some literature left over and decided to hit an apartment building in my precinct that I had previously skipped over on the assumption its occupants were likely nonvoters.

    Blog text (6)
  • In the end, the Court held that Texas's scheme was constitutional and that it was permissible for states to protect representational equality by counting voters and nonvoters alike.

    Academic text (2017)
  • But I'm going to guess that the majority of nonvoters deeply love their country and are deeply patriotic.

  • How can you possibly claim that white nonvoters supported McCain by an 80% margin when white actual voters supported him by only a 12% margin?

    Blog text (10)
  • After all, the consensus around including nonvoters in the one-person, one-vote calculus was absolute.

    Academic text (2017)
  • It explicitly considers issues through the lens of ballot-casters, not nonvoters who must rely on virtual representation mechanisms to be heard.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Many nonvoters pay less attention to campaigns and therefore know less about those running.

  • Registered nonvoters are sent a postcard asking whether they live at the listed address.

  • As a group, voters are also older and wealthier than nonvoters.

Synonyms

nonparticipant
vsnonvoter
1 6.0

A person who does not take part in an activity or event

is specific to elections and means eligible people who choose not to vote

Antonyms

1.0

A person who by law can choose leaders in an election

How Likely

voter
1.0
floating voter
  • Literature
5.6
nonvoter
1 4.1

Surface Forms

nonvoter singular
nonvoters plural

Morphology

nonvoter = voter (transparent) = non + vote + er

The word 'nonvoter' is transparently derived from 'voter' with the prefix 'non-' indicating the absence of the action.

Etymology

The word nonvoter combines the prefix non- meaning 'not' with voter, from vote meaning 'to choose' in an election. So a nonvoter is someone who can vote but 'does not choose' to take part.