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What were the three top reasons people did not vote 2012

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Bloomberg Politics created several graphics showing some of the more prominent reasons people didn't vote in the 2012 election, compiled from U.S. Census Bureau data. The graphics show that non-voters certainly cannot be lumped into a single demographic group. From logistical issues to technical difficulties to a lack of political engagement, respondents reported a range of obstacles to exercising one of their most basic democratic rights. Some of these can be easily solved, while others require working around complicated institutional barriers or persuading could-be voters that there's even a reason to get involved in the political process. While the right to vote is an individual's to practice or dispense with, here's how you can challenge the many arguments you may hear for not going to the polls.

Bad weather on Election Day was one of the most common reasons people stayed away from the polls on Election Day in 2012, according to Census data.

In 2012, when President Barack Obama was elected to his second term, the turnout was 61.8%. Turnout dropped slightly to 60.4% in 2016 in the election of Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton.