Arguments Against Mandatory Voting

Mandatory voting is a poignant subject that would change the political map of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt once said, "A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user." In the most recent 2014 midterm elections, voter turnout rates were at their lowest since 1942, with less than 37% of the eligible population making it to the polls. People with higher political education should be focusing on educating the people as a whole, rather than forcing people to vote.

Continuing on, it is often thought that uneducated people are easy to persuade, so campaign members pay a substantial amount of money to advertisement companies. According to NBC news "As of August 2016, Hillary Clinton's campaign has spent $61 million on general election campaign ads. In addition, pro-Clinton groups have spent $43 million, bringing the total amount spent on Clinton ads to $104 million." If one was able to have the amount of money that was used for advertisements to enhance political education to uniformed voters, it could extremely affect mandatory voting. Rather than letting people be persuaded by an advertisement, with little background knowledge of what the politician is actually trying to do, people could work together to enforce political education for everyone. …show more content…
Mandatory voting may not bring better policy conclusions because the complex legislation may be anticipated negatively by swing