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How would making voting compulsory reduce the need/ability to campaign?

• jbooth 15y ago
  A huge part of campaigning is either driving your own turnout (field operations) or suppressing the other guys' turnout (negative ads). Additionally, there's a philosophy of "suppress turnout in general and it will probably help me", which statistically is a good move for Republicans, most of the time. The argument is that compulsory voting would disincentivize these activities in favor of issues-based campaigning. I agree although I'm not sure I agree strongly enough to favor compulsory voting.
  • Florin_Andrei 15y ago
    How about "single payer" campaign funding? You want to contribute money to politics? Sure, feel free to pour some into this big barrel over here. The proceeds will be evenly divided between all candidates.
    • simonbrown 15y ago
      At the party level, or just to "politics" in general?
      • Florin_Andrei 15y ago
        Nation-wide.