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The question was:

Why don't pople vote? Rate how much you think these various factors make someone not vote. 10 for a sure stay at home, -10 for something you think encourages voting.

Histogram

Don't think it matters
Rating	Votes
10	14
9	8
8	7
7	4
6	3
5	1
4	1
3	1
2	4
1	2
0	0
-1	0
-2	1
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	46
average	7.260869565217392

Actually unaware of what's going on
Rating	Votes
10	12
9	2
8	5
7	2
6	3
5	6
4	1
3	7
2	5
1	1
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	1
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	45
average	5.977777777777778

Don't care
Rating	Votes
10	10
9	5
8	7
7	2
6	2
5	6
4	4
3	1
2	0
1	0
0	2
-1	0
-2	2
-3	0
-4	1
-5	1
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	43
average	6.116279069767442

Too busy
Rating	Votes
10	4
9	2
8	4
7	5
6	6
5	2
4	2
3	2
2	7
1	4
0	3
-1	0
-2	1
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	1
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	1
votes	44
average	4.204545454545454

Feel too uninformed
Rating	Votes
10	5
9	1
8	5
7	3
6	2
5	6
4	4
3	5
2	4
1	2
0	2
-1	0
-2	2
-3	1
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	2
-8	1
-9	0
-10	0
votes	45
average	3.8666666666666667

Everything is fine. Let someone else do it.
Rating	Votes
10	5
9	2
8	1
7	0
6	4
5	4
4	4
3	4
2	3
1	2
0	6
-1	1
-2	0
-3	2
-4	1
-5	4
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	43
average	2.9069767441860463

Feel like it won't have an effect
Rating	Votes
10	5
9	0
8	5
7	0
6	2
5	0
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	12
average	8.5

Protest
Rating	Votes
10	3
9	1
8	1
7	3
6	4
5	2
4	2
3	4
2	6
1	3
0	2
-1	0
-2	0
-3	1
-4	0
-5	1
-6	1
-7	1
-8	1
-9	0
-10	2
votes	38
average	2.3157894736842106

Don't like any of the candidates
Rating	Votes
10	2
9	0
8	2
7	1
6	1
5	1
4	1
3	0
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	8
average	7.25

too lazy!
Rating	Votes
10	3
9	0
8	0
7	1
6	0
5	1
4	2
3	0
2	1
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	1
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	9
average	5.333333333333333

It is during the work week
Rating	Votes
10	1
9	0
8	0
7	1
6	1
5	0
4	2
3	0
2	1
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	1
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	7
average	4.142857142857143

Don't know where to vote
Rating	Votes
10	2
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	0
4	1
3	1
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	4
average	6.75

religion
Rating	Votes
10	1
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	0
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	1
average	10.0

what's the difference between candidates
Rating	Votes
10	1
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	0
4	0
3	1
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	2
average	6.5

don't know how to
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	1
5	0
4	0
3	0
2	1
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	2
average	4.0

don't know where to register
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	1
6	0
5	0
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	1
-4	0
-5	0
-6	0
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	2
average	2.0

they confused
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	0
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	1
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	1
average	-6.0

they have never vote before
Rating	Votes
10	0
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	0
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	0
0	0
-1	0
-2	0
-3	0
-4	0
-5	0
-6	1
-7	0
-8	0
-9	0
-10	0
votes	1
average	-6.0

Think it will hurt them in some paranoid way
Rating	Votes
10	3
9	0
8	0
7	0
6	0
5	2
4	1
3	2
2	1
1	3
0	11
-1	1
-2	1
-3	2
-4	0
-5	1
-6	3
-7	2
-8	1
-9	0
-10	3
votes	37
average	-0.7837837837837838

Instant Runoff Normalized Ratings

Name	IRNR Rating
Don't think it matters	32.53
Actually unaware of what's going on	26.31
Don't care	20.95
Too busy	13.16
Feel too uninformed	11.08
Everything is fine. Let someone else do it.	7.56
Feel like it won't have an effect	6.09
Protest	4.91
Don't like any of the candidates	3.13
too lazy!	2.61
It is during the work week	1.52
Don't know where to vote	1.11
religion	0.76
what's the difference between candidates	0.69
don't know how to	0.43
don't know where to register	0.11
they confused	-0.36
they have never vote before	-0.36
Think it will hurt them in some paranoid way	-1.96

Winner: Don't think it matters

Virtual Round Robin

	(0)	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)
(0) Don't think it matters		22	23	34	34	34	38	42	35	41	41	42	43	43	44	44	46	46	46
(1) Don't care	16		19	28	28	28	32	36	30	34	36	37	37	39	38	38	39	40	40
(2) Actually unaware of what's going on	16	19		26	26	33	34	41	33	40	40	41	41	43	44	43	44	44	44
(3) Feel too uninformed	8	13	12		21	25	26	37	30	34	34	36	36	38	38	38	38	39	39
(4) Too busy	4	15	16	19		24	27	35	30	37	37	37	39	39	40	40	40	41	41
(5) Everything is fine. Let someone else do it.	6	9	11	15	18		23	30	28	30	29	34	34	34	34	34	34	36	36
(6) Protest	5	8	7	15	14	17		28	25	26	26	29	30	29	31	30	31	32	32
(7) Think it will hurt them in some paranoid way	0	3	1	5	4	8	9		21	19	20	23	22	23	22	22	23	24	24
(8) Feel like it won't have an effect	8	8	10	15	14	16	15	20		11	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13
(9) Don't like any of the candidates	3	7	3	10	7	13	13	19	6		9	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	9
(10) too lazy!	5	6	3	11	7	12	13	17	6	6		8	8	8	7	7	7	9	9
(11) It is during the work week	2	6	3	9	6	10	10	15	2	5	7		5	5	6	6	7	7	7
(12) Don't know where to vote	1	5	2	7	4	10	9	16	2	3	4	4		4	4	4	5	5	5
(13) what's the difference between candidates	3	5	2	7	5	9	8	15	2	2	3	3	2		2	2	3	3	3
(14) don't know how to	1	5	1	7	3	9	7	16	2	1	3	3	2	1		2	2	3	3
(15) religion	2	5	2	7	4	9	8	15	1	1	2	2	1	1	1		2	2	2
(16) don't know where to register	0	4	1	7	3	9	7	14	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1		2	2
(17) they have never vote before	0	3	1	6	2	7	6	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0
(18) they confused	0	3	1	6	2	7	6	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Don't think it matters	0
Don't care	-1
Actually unaware of what's going on	-1
Feel too uninformed	-3
Too busy	-4
Everything is fine. Let someone else do it.	-5
Protest	-6
Think it will hurt them in some paranoid way	-7
Feel like it won't have an effect	-8
Don't like any of the candidates	-8
too lazy!	-10
It is during the work week	-11
Don't know where to vote	-12
what's the difference between candidates	-13
don't know how to	-14
religion	-15
don't know where to register	-16
they have never vote before	-17
they confused	-17

Winner: Don't think it matters

Raw Rating Summation

Name	Raw Rating Summation
Don't think it matters	334.00
Actually unaware of what's going on	269.00
Don't care	263.00
Too busy	185.00
Feel too uninformed	174.00
Everything is fine. Let someone else do it.	125.00
Feel like it won't have an effect	102.00
Protest	88.00
Don't like any of the candidates	58.00
too lazy!	48.00
It is during the work week	29.00
Don't know where to vote	27.00
what's the difference between candidates	13.00
religion	10.00
don't know how to	8.00
don't know where to register	4.00
they confused	-6.00
they have never vote before	-6.00
Think it will hurt them in some paranoid way	-29.00

Winner: Don't think it matters

Approval

Name	Approval Votes
Don't think it matters	45.0
Actually unaware of what's going on	44.0
Too busy	38.0
Feel too uninformed	37.0
Don't care	37.0
Everything is fine. Let someone else do it.	29.0
Protest	29.0
Feel like it won't have an effect	12.0
Think it will hurt them in some paranoid way	12.0
Don't like any of the candidates	8.0
too lazy!	8.0
It is during the work week	6.0
Don't know where to vote	4.0
what's the difference between candidates	2.0
don't know how to	2.0
religion	1.0
don't know where to register	1.0
they have never vote before	0.0
they confused	0.0

Winner: Don't think it matters

Instant Runoff Voting

Name	Best IRV Count
Don't think it matters	26.5
Actually unaware of what's going on	19.5
Don't care	13.666667
Feel too uninformed	4.8333335
Feel like it won't have an effect	4.5
Too busy	3.4
Everything is fine. Let someone else do it.	3.3333333
Don't know where to vote	1.3428571
too lazy!	1.3333334
Don't like any of the candidates	1.325
what's the difference between candidates	1
religion	1
Think it will hurt them in some paranoid way	0.8373016
Protest	0.55833334
It is during the work week	0.16666667
don't know how to	0
don't know where to register	0
they have never vote before	0
they confused	0

Winner: Don't think it matters

Why don't people vote?

Summary Results

Detailed Results

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Instant Runoff Normalized Ratings

Virtual Round Robin

Raw Rating Summation

Approval

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