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Re:The polls messed up by tortarga on Thursday November 05, 2020 @12:56AM (#24995984)
Mandatory voting would be the fastest way to "fix" America. Turnout based voting means you win by radicalizing your side to show up to vote. Most voters would fall into a bell curve of political preference and in the US that middle stays home. In Australia it forces both major parties back into the center so they don't scare off the majority of voters, and the extreme wings of either side typically hold little sway.
Re:The polls messed up by medium_burrito on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:00AM (#24995997)
I only support mandatory voting if there is a none of the above option, and that option means the office will remain unfilled.
Re:The polls messed up by istjohn on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:12AM (#24996036)
We cannot not have a President. Ranked choice voting would be a more practical reform.
Re:The polls messed up by medium_burrito on Friday November 06, 2020 @03:45PM (#25010972)
I'd prefer another round of elections, with all of the candidates on the previous ballot disallowed.
Re:The polls messed up by georgesC on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:59AM (#24996203)
If you force to vote the many people that wouldn't vote otherwise, you will likely have results that are not representative of what the citizens want, due to skewed data. Don't expect forced voters to represent a normal vote.
Re:The polls messed up by pindab0ter on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:18AM (#24997023)
Is a blank vote not an option in the US? It is here in the Netherlands.
Re:The polls messed up by georgesC on Friday November 06, 2020 @08:43AM (#25007528)
We have no idea if the forced voters will vote blank or not.
Re:The polls messed up by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 05, 2020 @03:26PM (#25001625)
Do you really want voters who don't know anything about a race, and don't care, casting votes? Why do you think that would be an improvement?