Whether it was the lingering effect of the hurricane, and a city still in recovery from one of the worst natural disasters in its history, or a general unease about what Tuesday's results would bring, a wide swath of typically social New Yorkers seemed to skip election-night parties this year.
No wonder, too, that young voters ignore debates, skip elections and seek out an alternative culture where people say what they mean.
Voters who lean toward Democrats are most prone to skip elections, strategists say, so the higher the turnout, the better the prospects for Democrats.
Skipping election day is an awful example to my children (both teens), but I can't stomach either candidate.
Skip seconds, skip dessert, skip, skip, skip to my lou.
The lawyer said he would vote out of GOP loyalty for Trump but that other "lifelong Republicans" are planning to skip this election.
NEVER skip an election, folks.
We don't get to skip an election and think nature isn't going to abhor that vacuum.
In 2005, I even took the affidavit of a terrified middle-aged African-American man in Buckingham County who had received a flier from the Republican National Committee advising him, in big yellow letters, to "Skip this Election".
Fewer voters skip city elections with RCV and turnout was at its highest in decisive elections: Statewide and congressional elections typically drive voter turnout far more than city elections.
Additionally, the high number of voters who skipped the election, rising to almost 40percentt in the voting on Sunday, meant that more people skipped the balloting than voted for any single political party.
