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Peer voting on questions and answers is the primary way users gain reputation, and also how many items are sorted to the top.

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How do I know who downvoted my posts?

No, that is not possible. Not even ♦ moderators can see who (up or down)voted a post. This is by design. If you ever think you're being targeted with multiple downvotes, the system, staff or moderator …
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Why did I get -2 for an answer with a score of 1?

That -2 is from just a single downvote; the two upvotes you got (giving +20 reputation) were given on earlier days and do not appear in your achievement inbox, which only lists the most recent changes …
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Does the community bot downvote?

Usually, the bot does not vote. But, it does own votes by users which are later deleted, in the rare case that their votes are preserved it downvotes posts flagged as Very Low Quality when that flag …
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Force vote for close reason as opposed to immediate closure due to badge privilige

You could leave a comment suggesting the question is a duplicate, rather than cast an actual vote, and hope someone else (perhaps even the author) picks it up from there. A workaround would be to edit …
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