Official 2020 US Presidential Election Thread

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gergroy said:

haxxiy said:

Mandatory voting would make the South bluer but the Midwest redder. I'm not sure it would be worth it even if Democrats are sure GA and TX are now leaning blue with high turnout across the board, taking into account how the Senate is composed.

Not to mention the fact that most of the people that do vote now barely have any idea what they are voting for.  If you take all those people that don’t bother voting and make them vote... they would know even less most of the time...

I’m not a fan of saying who should or shouldn’t vote, but it does annoy me when people vote for stuff they know nothing about.  At least do a minimum amount of research and not just pull the trigger because there is a republican or Democrat next to the name...

Here's the thing, though: If you live in a country with mandatory voting (like I do, for instance; Luxembourg has mandatory voting for all citizens with Luxembourgish nationality), you try to stay informed about politics and what politicians do. This is something that would not go well for the usual flip-flopping Republicans, but also not for any of the many Democrat with those habits, as they would be under much more and harsher scrutiny.

Something else it would do would be boosting third parties. If one has to go to vote anyway, few are those who then just make a blanket or intentionally invalid vote, and rather choose some outsider. This could be devastating to both the Democrats and the GOP if this happens in large enough numbers.