American Citizens Should Be Required To Vote

American citizens should be required to vote in national election. Most people today, young especially, don’t really care what happens in elections and are not active when it comes to voting. But, as their duty as a civilian should be to vote. People need to understand that the right to vote was not free, it came at a cost. People fought for that right and now it is being taken for granted. In the article “Telling Americans to Vote, or Else”, on paragraph 10, it says “We don’t know what the outcome would be. But one thing is clear: If we do nothing and allow a politics of passion to define the bonds of the electorate, as it has for much of the last four decades, the prospect for a less polarized, more effective political system that enjoys the trust and confidence of the people is not bright.” (Galston 10). This is basically saying that people need to start voting to keep politics in order. …show more content…
In the article “Telling Americans to Vote, or Else”, it states on paragraph 4, “The first is straightforwardly civic. A democracy can’t be strong is its citizenship is weak. And right now American citizenship is attenuated – strong on rights, weak on responsibilities. There is less and less that being a citizen requires of us, especially after the abolition of the draft.” (Galston 4). This is a great point on why it is our duty to vote for our country. It is civic for people to vote, it is what we need to do. The article is absolutely right on how it says “… Strong on rights, weak on responsibilities…” because it is our responsibility to vote, and we have the rights to do so. So why don’t we do exactly