Table 12.  Reasons for Not Voting, by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin, and Educational Attainment: 
           November 1998

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  July 19, 2000

(In thousands)
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|Reasons for not voting                                |Total non-voting|               Sex               |
|                                                      |   registered   |---------------------------------|
|                                                      |   population   |      Male      |     Female     |
|                                                      |----------------|----------------|----------------|
|                                                      | Number |Percent| Number |Percent| Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|
|ALL REASONS                                           |  40,006|  100.0|  18,267|  100.0|  21,739|  100.0|
|Too busy, conflicting schedule                        |  13,948|   34.9|   6,839|   37.4|   7,109|   32.7|
|Not interested, felt vote would not make a difference |   5,076|   12.7|   2,424|   13.3|   2,652|   12.2|
|Illness or disability (own or family's)               |   4,446|   11.1|   1,341|    7.3|   3,105|   14.3|
|Did not like candidates or campaign issues            |   2,201|    5.5|     996|    5.5|   1,205|    5.5|
|Out of town or away from home                         |   3,338|    8.3|   1,886|   10.3|   1,452|    6.7|
|Forgot to vote (or send in absentee ballot)           |   2,139|    5.3|     852|    4.7|   1,287|    5.9|
|Transportation problems                               |     737|    1.8|     180|    1.0|     557|    2.6|
|Inconvenient polling place or hours or lines too long |     433|    1.1|     167|    0.9|     266|    1.2|
|Registration problems                                 |   1,457|    3.6|     627|    3.4|     830|    3.8|
|Bad weather conditions                                |      69|    0.2|      20|    0.1|      49|    0.2|
|Other reason, not specified                           |   3,329|    8.3|   1,353|    7.4|   1,976|    9.1|
|Refused or don't know                                 |   2,834|    7.1|   1,583|    8.7|   1,251|    5.8|
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Table 12.  Reasons for Not Voting, by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin, and Educational Attainment: November 1998

(In thousands)
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|Reasons for not voting                                |                |                                Age                                |
|                                                      |Total non-voting|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                      |   registered   |                |                |                |  65 years and  |
|                                                      |   population   | 18 to 24 years | 25 to 44 years | 45 to 64 years |      over      |
|                                                      |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|                                                      | Number |Percent| Number |Percent| Number |Percent| Number |Percent| Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|
|ALL REASONS                                           |  40,006|  100.0|   5,763|  100.0|  19,014|  100.0|  10,103|  100.0|   5,126|  100.0|
|Too busy, conflicting schedule                        |  13,948|   34.9|   2,224|   38.6|   8,225|   43.3|   3,118|   30.9|     381|    7.4|
|Not interested, felt vote would not make a difference |   5,076|   12.7|     562|    9.8|   2,475|   13.0|   1,416|   14.0|     623|   12.2|
|Illness or disability (own or family's)               |   4,446|   11.1|     149|    2.6|   1,093|    5.7|   1,143|   11.3|   2,061|   40.2|
|Did not like candidates or campaign issues            |   2,201|    5.5|     175|    3.0|     970|    5.1|     757|    7.5|     299|    5.8|
|Out of town or away from home                         |   3,338|    8.3|     566|    9.8|   1,232|    6.5|   1,022|   10.1|     517|   10.1|
|Forgot to vote (or send in absentee ballot)           |   2,139|    5.3|     371|    6.4|     996|    5.2|     589|    5.8|     183|    3.6|
|Transportation problems                               |     737|    1.8|      71|    1.2|     238|    1.3|     153|    1.5|     274|    5.3|
|Inconvenient polling place or hours or lines too long |     433|    1.1|      68|    1.2|     219|    1.2|     110|    1.1|      36|    0.7|
|Registration problems                                 |   1,457|    3.6|     319|    5.5|     773|    4.1|     251|    2.5|     113|    2.2|
|Bad weather conditions                                |      69|    0.2|       1|    0.0|      19|    0.1|      22|    0.2|      26|    0.5|
|Other reason, not specified                           |   3,329|    8.3|     475|    8.2|   1,560|    8.2|     876|    8.7|     418|    8.2|
|Refused or don't know                                 |   2,834|    7.1|     780|   13.5|   1,214|    6.4|     645|    6.4|     195|    3.8|
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Table 12.  Reasons for Not Voting, by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin, and Educational Attainment: November 1998

(In thousands)
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|Reasons for not voting                                |                          Race/Ethnicity                           |
|                                                      |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                      |                |                |  Non-Hispanic  |                |
|                                                      |  Non-Hispanic  |  Non-Hispanic  |   Asian and    |                |
|                                                      |     White      |     Black      |Pacific Islander|Hispanic origin |
|                                                      |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|                                                      | Number |Percent| Number |Percent| Number |Percent| Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|
|ALL REASONS                                           |  31,442|  100.0|   4,729|  100.0|     728|  100.0|   2,774|  100.0|
|Too busy, conflicting schedule                        |  10,868|   34.6|   1,520|   32.1|     356|   48.8|   1,090|   39.3|
|Not interested, felt vote would not make a difference |   4,169|   13.3|     482|   10.2|      74|   10.2|     299|   10.8|
|Illness or disability (own or family's)               |   3,534|   11.2|     604|   12.8|      55|    7.5|     227|    8.2|
|Did not like candidates or campaign issues            |   1,890|    6.0|     164|    3.5|      17|    2.4|     113|    4.1|
|Out of town or away from home                         |   2,884|    9.2|     231|    4.9|      49|    6.8|     161|    5.8|
|Forgot to vote (or send in absentee ballot)           |   1,539|    4.9|     356|    7.5|      20|    2.8|     193|    7.0|
|Transportation problems                               |     483|    1.5|     175|    3.7|       5|    0.6|      64|    2.3|
|Inconvenient polling place or hours or lines too long |     362|    1.2|      35|    0.7|       6|    0.8|      31|    1.1|
|Registration problems                                 |   1,083|    3.4|     192|    4.1|      29|    4.0|     134|    4.8|
|Bad weather conditions                                |      60|    0.2|       3|    0.1|       -|      -|       5|    0.2|
|Other reason, not specified                           |   2,591|    8.2|     384|    8.1|      60|    8.3|     257|    9.2|
|Refused or don't know                                 |   1,978|    6.3|     584|   12.3|      57|    7.8|     201|    7.2|
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Note:  Hispanics may be of any race.

Table 12.  Reasons for Not Voting, by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin, and Educational 
           Attainment: November 1998

(In thousands)
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|Reasons for not voting                                |         Race/Ethnicity          |
|                                                      |---------------------------------|
|                                                      |     White      |     Black      |
|                                                      |----------------|----------------|
|                                                      | Number |Percent| Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------|--------|-------|
|ALL REASONS                                           |  34,114|  100.0|   4,808|  100.0|
|Too busy, conflicting schedule                        |  11,927|   35.0|   1,544|   32.1|
|Not interested, felt vote would not make a difference |   4,455|   13.1|     489|   10.2|
|Illness or disability (own or family's)               |   3,753|   11.0|     611|   12.7|
|Did not like candidates or campaign issues            |   2,002|    5.9|     164|    3.4|
|Out of town or away from home                         |   3,041|    8.9|     235|    4.9|
|Forgot to vote (or send in absentee ballot)           |   1,731|    5.1|     358|    7.4|
|Transportation problems                               |     538|    1.6|     179|    3.7|
|Inconvenient polling place or hours or lines too long |     387|    1.1|      40|    0.8|
|Registration problems                                 |   1,200|    3.5|     207|    4.3|
|Bad weather conditions                                |      65|    0.2|       3|    0.1|
|Other reason, not specified                           |   2,835|    8.3|     396|    8.2|
|Refused or don't know                                 |   2,179|    6.4|     584|   12.1|
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Table 12.  Reasons for Not Voting, by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin, and Educational Attainment: November 1998

(In thousands)
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|Reasons for not voting                                |                |                      Educational Attainment                       |
|                                                      |Total non-voting|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                      |   registered   |Not high school |  High school   |                |   Bachelor's   |
|                                                      |   population   |    graduate    |    graduate    |  Some college  | degree or more |
|                                                      |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|                                                      | Number |Percent| Number |Percent| Number |Percent| Number |Percent| Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|
|ALL REASONS                                           |  40,006|  100.0|   6,100|  100.0|  14,110|  100.0|  11,655|  100.0|   8,142|  100.0|
|Too busy, conflicting schedule                        |  13,948|   34.9|   1,309|   21.5|   4,997|   35.4|   4,583|   39.3|   3,058|   37.6|
|Not interested, felt vote would not make a difference |   5,076|   12.7|     932|   15.3|   2,073|   14.7|   1,233|   10.6|     838|   10.3|
|Illness or disability (own or family's)               |   4,446|   11.1|   1,451|   23.8|   1,536|   10.9|     870|    7.5|     589|    7.2|
|Did not like candidates or campaign issues            |   2,201|    5.5|     347|    5.7|     877|    6.2|     611|    5.2|     366|    4.5|
|Out of town or away from home                         |   3,338|    8.3|     318|    5.2|     861|    6.1|   1,078|    9.3|   1,081|   13.3|
|Forgot to vote (or send in absentee ballot)           |   2,139|    5.3|     406|    6.7|     769|    5.5|     619|    5.3|     345|    4.2|
|Transportation problems                               |     737|    1.8|     278|    4.6|     226|    1.6|     150|    1.3|      82|    1.0|
|Inconvenient polling place or hours or lines too long |     433|    1.1|      41|    0.7|     148|    1.0|     133|    1.1|     112|    1.4|
|Registration problems                                 |   1,457|    3.6|     162|    2.7|     396|    2.8|     482|    4.1|     417|    5.1|
|Bad weather conditions                                |      69|    0.2|      18|    0.3|      35|    0.3|       9|    0.1|       6|    0.1|
|Other reason, not specified                           |   3,329|    8.3|     526|    8.6|   1,126|    8.0|     974|    8.4|     703|    8.6|
|Refused or don't know                                 |   2,834|    7.1|     312|    5.1|   1,066|    7.6|     914|    7.8|     543|    6.7|
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