Drawing on electoral participation and social movement studies, we develop a typologyof abstainers on the basis of their forms of non-electoral participation, and explore thedeterminants that drive belonging to each of these sub-groups. Although there is a positive correlation between electoral turnout and non-electoral participation, throughapplying latent class analyses and regressions we find that there is a subset ofabstainers who decide not to cast a vote but take part in non-electoral political activities. These ‘alternative voicers’ are critical of the institutional system and do not feelrepresented by it, but they are politically involved. Based on their patterns of non-electoral participation, we propose a more nuanced typology of alternative voicers (e-activists, super-activists, and consumerists) and explore their drivers relative to otherabstainers. We use data from the original LIVEWHAT survey conducted in 2015 acrossnine European countries (N = 18,367).