Non-voter to avoid with hesitation (9)
I believe the answer is:
abstainer
'non-voter' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'avoid with hesitation' is the wordplay.
'avoid' becomes 'abstain' (abstaining is a kind of avoiding).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound used when hesitating).
'abstain'+'er'='ABSTAINER'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abstainer that I've seen before include "Bull's not my stuff" , "one who avoids the hard stuff" , "Non-drinker" , "He won't vote" , "AA member" .)