Mandatory Voting In The United States

For the last few years, a lot of US citizens didn't vote. The voting rates went lower and lower every time we had an election. People who don't vote, then complain why we have a lousy president even though they didn't vote! Each vote can make a difference, which is why I agree that we should have mandatory voting. It might break our tradition and constitution and this law might get a lot of hate, but when it comes to being president, this topic this is very important! If only two-fifths of people in America vote, then imagine how many people will vote hence. This is not a game. So much people haven't voted that it has come to this. The passage ''Telling America To Vote, or Else'' written by William A. Galston states that ''Such a system would improve not only electoral politics but also the legislative process.'' This evidence shows that mandatory voting would not only improve electoral politics but it would also improve the power to make laws. Other evidence that shows, that mandatory voting would be good for our country is ''Australia adopted mandatory voting in 1924.....The results were remarkable. In the 1925 election, the first held under the new law, turnout soared to 91 percent. In recent elections, it has hovered around …show more content…
In the passage, ''Telling America to Vote, or Else it states "Mandatory voting would tend to even out disparities stemming from income, education and age, enhancing our systems's inclusiveness''. This evidence shows that mandatory voting would even out differences from income, education and age and would make everybody vote. Another evidence that the passage states is ''Our low turnout rate pushes American politics toward increased polarization.'' This evidence shows that because people barely vote it pushes the American politics toward increased