Who Votes, Who Doesn't, and Why

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Regular Voters, Intermittent Voters, and Those Who Don't

Released: October 18, 2006

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FigureThey vote ­ but not always. Compared with Americans who regularly cast ballots, they are less engaged in politics. They are more likely to be bored with the political process and admit they often do not know enough about candidates to cast ballots. But they are crucial to Republican and Democratic fortunes in the Nov. 7 midterm elections.

They are the intermittent voters: Americans who are registered to vote but do not always make it to the polls. They differ significantly from those who vote regularly. For one thing, they're less likely to be married than are regular voters. Intermittent voters also are more mistrustful of people compared with those who vote regularly. They also are less angry with government, though no less dissatisfied with President Bush than are regular voters, according to a survey conducted Sept. 21-Oct. 4 among 1,804 adults by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press in collaboration with the Associated Press.

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1. I vote every chance I get.

We even had a mixed drink referendum that was the only issue one time in a mid mid mid term election just for that purpose. I vote even then. My aunt instilled a real strong feeling of speak with your vote or shut up about it.