For example, likely nonvoters rated crime as the most important issue facing the country. The Doers tend to be more affluent and include fewer minority members than the other groups of nonvoters. Paul Rains of Cheyenne, Wyo., is a Doer. He regularly reads the newspaper, watches CNN and volunteers at his son's school. They tend to be angrier than the Doers, but just as informed.
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Forty-one percent of them ''hardly'' follow public affairs, and 65 percent read a newspaper less than four days a week. When asked whether the country was on the right or wrong track, one in five Don't Knows said they didn't know or refused to answer. Like Dottie Turner, of Rio Linda, Calif., they have decided to leave the democratic decision-making to others. Nearly three-fourths are not registered. I just don't care nothing about politics,'' Turner said.