Should Voting be Mandatory?
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”-Martin Luther King Jr. What Martin Luther King Jr. is explaining in his quote is that people should not become speechless when an injustice occurs. He is saying that these events should strike the people's minds and give their thoughts and participate. One category that falls under this quote is voting. Voting is an exceedingly crucial event that should be done by all citizens that have the right to vote. There are many rationales why voting should be mandatory in the United States: It has a substantial effect on the country, it would make elections truly valid and temper the polarization of politics ( Douglas Fehlen). Voting should be mandatory in the United States because it has a substantial effect on the country. The significance of this is that your vote can help determine the precise victor of the election. One might think that one vote cannot possibly help out, but recent studies have shown that one vote can equal as much as .82 percentage for an election because of the lack of voting( David Walbert). .82 percentage for a vote is an unbelievable percentage for just a single vote. The leader that is chosen from an election should be a leader that is rightfully chosen by the people. A leader has an innumerable effect on the country. A few are war, taxations and laws constructed. These powers should only be trusted with a leader of the country's who is educated economically, socially and morally. People only start to realize after the election is over once they have a leader in which is the center of authority in their country. Which is why laws should be created to enforce voting and make it mandatory in the United States. A current issue is Donald Trump. People left and right complain about Trump, and the complications he will bring if he president. But do people try to vote against him for this reason? No in a recent studies it shows that 49% of people say that they will vote against Trump but only 30% actually vote against him(Rasmussen Reports). What this presents is the lack of voting that is actually done even when promised. Another significance why voting should be mandatory is that it would make elections truly valid. …show more content…
What this means is when people who are a member of society and have a right to vote don’t vote it doesn't make the election valid. Recent studies state that in the previous election of 2012 only 84.3% of registered United States voters voted(Drew Desilver). This means that 15.7% of registered voters did not participate in the election. Although some people would say that 15.7% is nothing it is a huge percentage. That percentage if voted would have had an enormous impact on the election polls. Again an enormous current issue with this is the 2016 election with Donald Trump. Donald Trump is currently dominating the polls and got a majority of the people to vote for him. How can this be if Trump is going against most races for example hispanics, muslims, etc. This is because the lack of voting and on contribution towards the election. Also another substantial reason why voting should be mandatory is to temper the polarization of politics. Political polarization is basically when politics attitudes become diverse from one another to ideological extremes(Carroll Doherty). Political polarization usually pertains to democrats and republicans in all, in which has effect to people and their opinions on politics. For example if in the year 2016 if a democratic president was elected into office and most people are not pleased with that democrat then they might now be in favor as a republican. Which in all causes people's opinions to go around which causes protests, disagreements, etc. All this causes politics to now be at war with each other and for politics to now be in a feud. For this reason voting should be mandatory to temper the polarization of politics. This would lead to the satisfaction of people and the even for the politics as a whole. Although some people say that voting should not be mandatory because the public is uneducated on government and politics to
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”-Martin Luther King Jr. What Martin Luther King Jr. is explaining in his quote is that people should not become speechless when an injustice occurs. He is saying that these events should strike the people's minds and give their thoughts and participate. One category that falls under this quote is voting. Voting is an exceedingly crucial event that should be done by all citizens that have the right to vote. There are many rationales why voting should be mandatory in the United States: It has a substantial effect on the country, it would make elections truly valid and temper the polarization of politics ( Douglas Fehlen). Voting should be mandatory in the United States because it has a substantial effect on the country. The significance of this is that your vote can help determine the precise victor of the election. One might think that one vote cannot possibly help out, but recent studies have shown that one vote can equal as much as .82 percentage for an election because of the lack of voting( David Walbert). .82 percentage for a vote is an unbelievable percentage for just a single vote. The leader that is chosen from an election should be a leader that is rightfully chosen by the people. A leader has an innumerable effect on the country. A few are war, taxations and laws constructed. These powers should only be trusted with a leader of the country's who is educated economically, socially and morally. People only start to realize after the election is over once they have a leader in which is the center of authority in their country. Which is why laws should be created to enforce voting and make it mandatory in the United States. A current issue is Donald Trump. People left and right complain about Trump, and the complications he will bring if he president. But do people try to vote against him for this reason? No in a recent studies it shows that 49% of people say that they will vote against Trump but only 30% actually vote against him(Rasmussen Reports). What this presents is the lack of voting that is actually done even when promised. Another significance why voting should be mandatory is that it would make elections truly valid. …show more content…
What this means is when people who are a member of society and have a right to vote don’t vote it doesn't make the election valid. Recent studies state that in the previous election of 2012 only 84.3% of registered United States voters voted(Drew Desilver). This means that 15.7% of registered voters did not participate in the election. Although some people would say that 15.7% is nothing it is a huge percentage. That percentage if voted would have had an enormous impact on the election polls. Again an enormous current issue with this is the 2016 election with Donald Trump. Donald Trump is currently dominating the polls and got a majority of the people to vote for him. How can this be if Trump is going against most races for example hispanics, muslims, etc. This is because the lack of voting and on contribution towards the election. Also another substantial reason why voting should be mandatory is to temper the polarization of politics. Political polarization is basically when politics attitudes become diverse from one another to ideological extremes(Carroll Doherty). Political polarization usually pertains to democrats and republicans in all, in which has effect to people and their opinions on politics. For example if in the year 2016 if a democratic president was elected into office and most people are not pleased with that democrat then they might now be in favor as a republican. Which in all causes people's opinions to go around which causes protests, disagreements, etc. All this causes politics to now be at war with each other and for politics to now be in a feud. For this reason voting should be mandatory to temper the polarization of politics. This would lead to the satisfaction of people and the even for the politics as a whole. Although some people say that voting should not be mandatory because the public is uneducated on government and politics to