The 2024 US election was heralded by both sides as one of the most crucial contests in recent American history, with Democrats in particular warning of the threat of a Donald Trump return to the White House.
Both sides urged their supporters to come to the polls to save the nation.
In the end turnout was high for a US presidential contest – almost matching the levels of 2020. But at the same time it is estimated that close to 90 million Americans, roughly 36% of the eligible voting age population, did not vote. That number is greater than the number of people who voted for either Trump or his opponent, the Democrat Kamala Harris.
We’re interested to hear from people who would have been eligible to vote in the 2024 US presidential election but did not.
What were your reasons for not voting? Tell us about the political issues or other reasons that caused you to abstain. And if you previously turned out to vote but did not vote in this election, what was different this time around?
Share your experience
Tell us why you did not vote in the 2024 US presidential election, and how you voted in previous elections.