What Would Happen if Voting Was Mandatory

During the 2012 presidential election less than 56% of eligible Americans cast votes. Two years later the mid-term elections saw only 36% participation by voters. The lack of participation of so many eligible voters has led to a growing movement in the United States to make voting in national, state, and local elections mandatory, a condition which already exists in more than two dozen countries around the world. As with all things political in this day and age, the issue is a divisive one... →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Our other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ/ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw/ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Text version: https://ift.tt/3ejafuW Coming up: 10. Protests against the law and voting 9. Voter registration lists could be cleaned up 8. Governments would shift to more centrist policies 7. Enforcement would not need to be draconian to be effective 6. Mandatory voting would address the gap between the affluent and less affluent voters 5. There would be a splurge of lawsuits 4. Compulsory voting laws would change the electoral process 3. The impact would be significant in local elections 2. It would strengthen American democracy 1. It would lead to the voices of all to be heard in the government Source/Further reading: https://ift.tt/34QXrch https://ift.tt/2TJzRrp https://ift.tt/2B9DWLd https://ift.tt/2mvT4df https://ift.tt/3kR7Xpy https://ift.tt/2IR1Y39 https://ift.tt/1TR83hj https://ift.tt/2TNTnDs https://ift.tt/2ZXYBSA https://ift.tt/3oJO1Y5 https://ift.tt/2byEZvz https://ift.tt/34RN0oZ https://ift.tt/328dLnb https://ift.tt/2qoaGfB https://ift.tt/3mKtdh5 https://ift.tt/3oRblTC https://ift.tt/2TJbudF https://ift.tt/3kTXeuk https://ift.tt/29bm1Va https://ift.tt/11jfFQi https://ift.tt/385sS4r https://ift.tt/1ZvESPn https://ift.tt/2HTBS1R https://ift.tt/325ZGqg https://ift.tt/34NLEve https://ift.tt/35U5BQo https://ift.tt/2HWrKFy https://ift.tt/3mJkpbf https://ift.tt/38a3VVT https://ift.tt/35U5Dru https://ift.tt/3kRemky https://ift.tt/328dPDr https://ift.tt/2GoulYo https://ift.tt/2Yb0Iyz https://ift.tt/35Zg1y3 https://ift.tt/1GFUZEN https://ift.tt/321J2rS https://ift.tt/3oNR5Co https://ift.tt/3mJkADr