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Does mandatory voting make things better? My unresearched fear would be that the people who don't bother to vote without mandatory voting are even less informe
by ep103 7y ago
Does mandatory voting make things better? My unresearched fear would be that the people who don't bother to vote without mandatory voting are even less informed than the low-informed masses that do vote. If that line of thinking is correct, then it implies that mandatory voting would swamp the polls with masses of people who would be the most easily swayed by political advertising
- Afton 7y agoMandatory voting is necessary in the US because of the amount of voter suppression. It should be hard to stop someone from voting.
- jfnixon 7y agoAre voters in California suppressed?
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 7y agoMandatory voting fosters a culture where being an informed citizen is part of one's civic duty, but ballot spoiling should absolutely be built into the system. If you force people to shoot up, you need to give people the ability to voice that they don't like any of the options presented, or that they just don't have an opinion.