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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wonder what the 16% of eligible Scottish voters who didn't vote were thinking re: this referendum?
Too busy? Didn't care? Their side would win anyway so why bother?
http://www.bbc.com/news/events/scotland-decides/results
55 : 45 after 31 of 32 counts
The "No" side wins, for those who haven't been following it tonight.
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I wonder what the 16% of eligible Scottish voters who didn't vote were thinking re: this referendum? (Original Post)
Electric Monk
Sep 2014
OP
Thanks for the update. Looks like some "yes" people might have changed their minds. nt
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2014
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Amonester
(11,541 posts)1. Too busy playing their latest MMORPGs?
Not enough money to travel?
Can't read?
Old or sick?
Disabled?
Don't care for the bourgeois class?
Other...
Tarheel_Dem
(31,454 posts)2. Thanks for the update. Looks like some "yes" people might have changed their minds. nt
Journeyman
(15,433 posts)3. Hoping to find a "Warm Sporran"? . . .
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)4. Maybe they didn't care one way or the other
JI7
(93,360 posts)5. independence sounds good but i'm scared of financial setbacks
i will let the others decide
