Are you confusing blank for not voting? Because only 1.7M people left their ballot blank. That’s different from not voting.
It’s hard to make judgments about non voters, by nature of how they didn’t vote. Some didn’t vote because they disliked Clinton, yes, but many others didn’t vote because they simply don’t care what happens, they think it won’t make a difference, their state is overwhelmingly in favour of one party (whether or not they support it), voting feels too difficult, to protest, because they’re lazy, or many other reasons.
Are you confusing blank for not voting? Because only 1.7M people left their ballot blank. That’s different from not voting.
It’s hard to make judgments about non voters, by nature of how they didn’t vote. Some didn’t vote because they disliked Clinton, yes, but many others didn’t vote because they simply don’t care what happens, they think it won’t make a difference, their state is overwhelmingly in favour of one party (whether or not they support it), voting feels too difficult, to protest, because they’re lazy, or many other reasons.