How to Use nonvoter in a Sentence

nonvoter

noun
  • For nonvoters, 62% were white while 30% were black or Hispanic.
    — Reid J. Epstein, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2018
  • That means appealing to their base with more liberal candidates and trying to win over nonvoters who lean left, such as high school students or Latino voters.
    — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 21 May 2018
  • The thrashing of Washington culture by voters, nonvoters, members of Congress — that much is a sacred rite.
    — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Those motivated to vote are more likely to be better educated, more affluent, and older than nonvoters.
    — Jonathan Lai, Philly.com, 21 May 2018
  • Less clear is how online voter registration changes the electorate, which across the country is older, wealthier, and more educated than nonvoters.
    — Jonathan Lai, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
  • This is like a long-term structural problem that the Democratic Party has and there’s reason to believe that a lot of nonvoters lean more Democratic.
    — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 27 June 2017
  • But what is described in these fraudulent messages — helping nonvoters vote — would obviously be a violation of Texas election laws (or those of any other state).
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 6 Sep. 2018
  • And the impact is also stronger among people who did not participate in previous elections, indicating that the attacks mobilized nonvoters.
    — Laia Balcells, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2017
  • The Obama-to-Trump voters are largely moderate whites, while the Obama-to-nonvoters are largely liberal people of color.
    — Seth Masket, Vox, 30 May 2018
  • The Wisconsin study broadly confirms the results of another survey of nonvoters conducted by Rice University scholars after the 2014 congressional election.
    — Michael Wines, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2017

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