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Point blank ph5/24/2023 About 1.7 million people left the presidential election portion of their ballots blank in 2016.īut many caution against doing that as well, for the primary reason that whoever is elected president will appoint Supreme Court justices and push federal legislation that you might not like. Many voters left the presidential ballot blank as a “ protest vote," a practice sometimes called undervoting. The 2016 presidential election featured two of the least popular leading candidates the United States has ever seen. There are other reasons why people sometimes leave ballots partially blank. At the very least, they say, you should make a special effort to vote in the races and ballot issues that are likely to affect you directly: state legislature, city council, school board, and referendums that will impact where you live. While it's fine to abstain from voting or leave blanks on a ballot because you feel you lack knowledge, experts recommend that you do what you can to fill out an entire ballot. Voters often don't feel sufficiently informed about a candidate, a race, or a referendum issue, and would rather leave those portions of a ballot empty instead of casting an uninformed vote.
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