Half of Americans Don't Vote. What Are They Thinking?

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4. Why the discrepancy?Where did the writer get a different conclusion?

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"Compared to active voters, non-voters are more likely to be less educated, lower income, non-white and unmarried." https://the100million.org/

https://knightfoundation.org/reports/the-100-million-project/

Established Progressives
21% of non-voters
Compared to other non-voters, they are well established both in life and in their left-leaning political beliefs.

Traditional Conservatives
17% of non-voters
Compared to other non-voters, they hold the most conservative political beliefs and are more likely to be enjoying a comfortable retirement.

Modern Moderates
20% of non-voters
Compared to other non-voters, they are left-leaning moderates working hard as they approach middle age.

Indifferent Average
17% of non-voters
Compared to other non-voters, they appear very middle-of-the-road in their politics, engagement and situation in life.

Unattached Apoliticals
17% of non-voters
Compared to other non-voters, they are young and staunchly independent, both politically and in life.

Underemployed Unsures
8.4% of non-voters
Compared to other non-voters, they are the least resourced and engaged across the board, and unsure of where they stand on politics.

They are only counting 25 and over-"defined as eligible adults 25 or older".