The non voters I know are either lazy, or uninformed. One of my relatives who is a non voter seems to be very proud of the fact that she doesn’t vote, doesn’t read the paper, or get involved. She said she was “sick of it all” and “doesn’t have the time or the interest for any of that crap!” Her being sick if it all does absolutely nothing to change the crappy situation. Voting, and getting involved, is a way for us to change a crappy situation.
A few of my millenial friends who don’t vote, still believe that their vote doesn’t count, and can’t figure out the math. Meaning that if all of those people who didn’t vote, because they thought their single vote wouldn’t count, all got up and actually voted, they could have swung the election the other way.
Some of the non voters and some of the third party voters will only vote for a “unicorn” candidate, and don’t realize that sometimes it’s important to vote against a terrible candidate, even if it means that they don’t get their “unicorn.”
Then there are the non voters who never even think about voting. They’re busy playing Pokemon Go, and don’t know who any of the candidates are, and they’re too busy, and lack the interest to find out. Most of those people, I suspect, don’t see themselves as being part of the “government for the people, and by the people” and think that voting is “dumb” or a waste of time, and they don’t pride themselves on being good citizens, at least not with regard to voting. They look upon voting as some ridiculous thing that is being foisted upon them like jury duty, or paying taxes, only with voting, they can “stick it to the government” by not voting, not realizing that they are sticking it to themselves, and the rest of is.