Red & Blue Buttons Anonymous Thought Experiment

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Every adult in your country receives blue and red buttons and has to press one.
If over 50% of people press the red button, anyone who pressed the blue button dies.
If over 50% of people choose the blue button no one dies.
 
This means if you press the red button, your survival is guaranteed, but you could be contributing towards the death of those who chose differently, and if you press the blue button, you could contribute to everyone surviving or you could die.
Your choice is anonymous and you can't talk to anyone else before choosing.
Which one would you press?
Blue Button
Red Button
Unsure
Would you be honest afterwards about choosing red if more people picked blue?
I'd lie that I picked blue
I don't know
I'd tell the truth
If more people picked blue, would you feel negatively about those who admit to picking red
No hard feelings!
I'd hold a small grudge
I'd feel a lot differently about them
I wouldn't want to live alongside them
Unsure
What do you predict the results would be?
Large majority pick red
Small majority pick red
Unsure/could go either way
Small majority pick blue
Large majority pick blue
What is the reason you chose the button you did? (not required, but very appreciated)
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