Should Voting Be Compulsory In America Essay

People in America have been arguing over compulsory voting for some time. Forcing people to vote seems to be the solution when there is consistently a low turn out for voting. The right to vote in America is a privilege that has been fought for and should not be taken for granted. There are many factors that go into compulsory voting which can be good or bad. Although there are people who will argue otherwise, voting should not be compulsory in America. First, some people may say that forcing people to vote is a good idea because it represents the population better. While this is true, the data will become skewed or not correctly representative. The majority of Americans listen to the media, it is all around people every day, it is almost impossible to not listen to it. People fail to take into account that the media is extremely bias and inaccurate and do not bother to do research. So if we have many Americans who get their information from the media and are forced to vote, they will not be making a choice based on what they think, only what they heard. Therefore, forcing people to vote will skew the data. …show more content…
This is a good point but overall we should not be forcing the uneducated to vote. The frontal lobe of the brain is responsible for judgment and decision-making and does not fully develop until the age of twenty-one, so it would be more logical to change the voting limit to twenty-one. It would also make sense to have people pass a basic constitution test before voting. This will sort out the wise from the unwise because only the people who truly care to do research will put the time and effort into voting. This will keep the uneducated from voting, while still giving everyone the opportunity to