There could be many reasons.
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The most prevalent reasons are apathy and a belief that their vote will make no difference.
No, the vote for president is called the popular vote and that does not count. When you cast your vote for president, you are actually voting for the electors to vote for the president.
Yes, much like in the United States, people do vote in Austria. The legal age to vote in Austria is the age of eighteen.
does people living overseas have the right to vote
The people vote for the Electors who in turn vote for the President. The group is called the Electoral College
For the better part of the 1700s, most people did not have the right to vote. Men in England had the right to vote and that was about the extent of it.