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Mandatory voting would be the fastest way to "fix" America. Turnout based voting means you win by radicalizing your side to show up to vote. Most voters would f
by tortarga 6y ago
Mandatory voting would be the fastest way to "fix" America.
Turnout based voting means you win by radicalizing your side to show up to vote.
Most voters would fall into a bell curve of political preference and in the US that middle stays home.
In Australia it forces both major parties back into the center so they don't scare off the majority of voters, and the extreme wings of either side typically hold little sway.
- medium_burrito 6y agoI only support mandatory voting if there is a none of the above option, and that option means the office will remain unfilled.
- istjohn 6y agoWe cannot not have a President. Ranked choice voting would be a more practical reform.
- medium_burrito 6y agoI'd prefer another round of elections, with all of the candidates on the previous ballot disallowed.
- georgesC 6y agoIf you force to vote the many people that wouldn't vote otherwise, you will likely have results that are not representative of what the citizens want, due to skewed data. Don't expect forced voters to represent a normal vote.
- pindab0ter 6y agoIs a blank vote not an option in the US? It is here in the Netherlands.
- georgesC 6y agoWe have no idea if the forced voters will vote blank or not.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoDo you really want voters who don't know anything about a race, and don't care, casting votes? Why do you think that would be an improvement?