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Why 90 million Americans won't vote in November
August 15, 2012
They could turn a too-close-to-call race into a landslide for President Obama— but by definition they probably won't.
Call them the unlikely voters.
A nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll of people who are eligible to vote but aren't likely to do so finds that these stay-at-home Americans back Obama's re-election over Republican Mitt Romney by more than 2-1. Two-thirds of them say they are registered to vote. Eight in 10 say the government plays an important role in their lives.
Even so, they cite a range of reasons for declaring they won't vote or saying the odds are no better than 50-50 that they will: They're too busy. They aren't excited about either candidate. Their vote doesn't really matter. And nothing ever gets done, anyway.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-08-15/non-voters-obama-romney/57055184/1 [with comments]

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Unlikely/Unregistered Voter Poll with USA TODAY
http://www.suffolk.edu/research/53411.html