Dare I also say that with the 'mandatory voting', growing up I felt as though people were more engaged in politics... including children. Because they had to '

Dare I also say that with the 'mandatory voting', growing up I felt as though people were more engaged in politics... including children. Because they had to 'vote' (maybe "because they had to voice an opinion one way or another") people seemed to be more likely to take an interest in politics and actually learn about what was actually going on. That's the way I see it, at least: people in Australia seemed to be more knowledgeable about politics than people seem to be here in Canada at least.