nonvoter
Stays home Tuesday
A nonvoter is someone who doesn't vote, whether by choice, ineligibility, or circumstance.
The term usually appears in political analysis: Nonvoters outnumbered supporters of either candidate.
It can carry mild judgment, implying civic disengagement, or simply describe those outside the electorate.
Below legal minimum years
- noncitizenNon-national resident
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- disqualifiedDeclared unfit to compete
barred · incarcerated · parolee · probationer · stateless · expatriate · minor · naturalization
Deprived of voting rights
- disaffectedResentful toward former allegiance
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
disillusioned · apathetic · indifferent · cynical · disenchanted · detached · voiceless · powerless
Organized economic protest
- refusenikDeliberate noncomplier
- write-inVoter-supplied ballot name
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
intentional · sit-out · opt-out · withhold · rejection · nonparticipation · dissent · statement
underage
Below legal minimum years
- noncitizenNon-national resident
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
disqualified · barred · incarcerated · parolee · probationer · stateless · expatriate · minor · naturalization · deportee
disenfranchised
Deprived of voting rights
- disaffectedResentful toward former allegiance
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
marginalized · disillusioned · apathetic · indifferent · cynical · disenchanted · detached · voiceless · powerless · unheard
boycott
Organized economic protest
- refusenikDeliberate noncomplier
- write-inVoter-supplied ballot name
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
deliberate · intentional · sit-out · opt-out · withhold · rejection · nonparticipation · dissent · statement · symbolic
- votersconstituent, constituents, electors, turnout, ballots
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
- bystandersbystander, onlooker, observer, spectator, watcher
- resistersobjector, resister, refusenik, conscientious objector, holdout
nonvotervoter
Ballot-casting citizen
elector · registered voter · absentee voter · early voter · likely voter
nonvoterpolitical activist
One seeking governmental change
activist · campaign volunteer · poll worker · party member · grassroots organizer