nonvoter

noun

non·vot·er ˌnän-ˈvō-tər

plural nonvoters

: a person who fails or chooses not to vote or does not have the legal right to vote

A mere 37 percent of the eligible electorate voted in the 1986 Congressional elections, the vast majority of nonvoters arguably casting ballots of no confidence.—

Richard Caplan

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In Atlanta, dislike for President Trump spurs a chronic nonvoter to the polls. —

Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2020 Michelle Obama blamed nonvoters, not Republicans, for President Trump's election in 2016. —

Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 4 May 2020 Exit polls suggested the surge in the support for the party resulted from mobilizing nonvoters and drawing votes from Ms. Merkel’s party. —

Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2019 In other words, there’s no reason to see a real tension between chasing swing voters and mobilizing nonvoters in terms of issue positions. —

Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 23 July 2018 See all Example Sentences for nonvoter