# Non-voters, this thread's for you

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-voters-this-threads-for-you/52005>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 27, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-voters-this-threads-for-you/52005 "2001-01-27T15:03:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-voters-this-threads-for-you/52005/1 "2001-01-27T15:03:41Z")

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In the US presidential election, about half the elgible voters don’t vote. Were you one? Tell us why. Also, tell us who you would have voted for if someone had held a gun to your head.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-voters-this-threads-for-you/52005/2 "2001-01-27T15:24:42Z")

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I would have voted for the guy who was holding the gun to my head.

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**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-voters-this-threads-for-you/52005/3 "2001-01-27T17:02:34Z")

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I didn’t vote because the absentee ballot I requested never arrived. I would have voted for Gore; thank heaven he was able to take Michigan without me! 🙂