There are 218,959,00 people in the United States that are eligible to vote. 146,311,000 are registered to vote In the parliamentary elections that happen every two years 81,033,355 voted in 2014 that is only 42.5 perecent, in other words less than half of registered voters voted. Merriam Webster defines a democracy as a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting. Voting to most is a right of passage in citizenship meaning, it what makes us a citizens of a democracy. There have been wars is history that started, because citizens did not want a dictator and wanted the right to vote or just thought as a human they should be able to vote. Should the United States government do something to change this and if so would could help?
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Maybe not showing up to vote is you not voting and making a statement of your own. Compulsory voting would be expanding government and with every government expansion takes something away from citizens; with voting some argue that would be freedom. “The United States is not Australia, of course, and there’s no guarantee that the similarity of our political cultures would produce equivalent political results.” (Galston) There is 7.3% difference on average with countries who have compulsory voting and others that do not. Both types have declining rates of turnout since the 1960s.(IDEA) Jason Brennan is an assistant professor of ethics, economics at Georgetown University. He is also the author of The Ethics of Voting. Brennan says “ If we force everyone to vote, the electorate will become even more irrational and misinformed.” People who do not vote are not informed on what is going on. What is going to happen according to Brennan is the candidate that are not the best will have a new chance at winning. Quality over quantity most important is one of the major arguments, “ If we really want to help America, we shouldn’t force citizens to vote. We should encourage citizens to vote well or not vote at all.”
Maybe not showing up to vote is you not voting and making a statement of your own. Compulsory voting would be expanding government and with every government expansion takes something away from citizens; with voting some argue that would be freedom. “The United States is not Australia, of course, and there’s no guarantee that the similarity of our political cultures would produce equivalent political results.” (Galston) There is 7.3% difference on average with countries who have compulsory voting and others that do not. Both types have declining rates of turnout since the 1960s.(IDEA) Jason Brennan is an assistant professor of ethics, economics at Georgetown University. He is also the author of The Ethics of Voting. Brennan says “ If we force everyone to vote, the electorate will become even more irrational and misinformed.” People who do not vote are not informed on what is going on. What is going to happen according to Brennan is the candidate that are not the best will have a new chance at winning. Quality over quantity most important is one of the major arguments, “ If we really want to help America, we shouldn’t force citizens to vote. We should encourage citizens to vote well or not vote at all.”