Should voting be mandatory?

Should voting be mandatory?

Less than two-thirds of eligible voters in the United States voted in the 2024 general election. Even in 2020, one of the highest-turnout elections in recent history, fewer than 70% of eligible voters cast a ballot. Although the U.S. is not a direct democracy, it can still take inspiration from some of the world’s highest-ranked democracies.  According to the Democracy Matrix, a project funded by the German Research Foundation that analyzes demo…