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Missed it by that much (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

pfff... he won twice. if americans would want a real democracy that wouldnt have happened.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How gross it is, considering what was in the line that so many didn’t vote. Also I bet the duck he cheated.

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[+] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe that people that do not want to vote or do not feel particularly strongly about politics should be free to stay home. They might not know much about politics. Wouldn't you rather have people vote who are actually invested into politics and come to vote because they actually want to? Also, I do not think it is ok to force people to participate in democracy in suvh a manner.

Just because you reckon your party would have won if you forced people to vote, does not mean it should be done.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's true that mandatory voting nets a lot of low information voters. It also encourages a lot of people to check the major party's policies who otherwise wouldn't bother.

I'm not aware of low information voters swaying the vote one way or another.

By making voting mandatory, it becomes mandatory for everyone to have an opportunity to vote.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In what country do people not have the opportunity to vote? Even if that is the case, why not just make the voting accessible without forcing people to vote?

I just don't see the point.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Australian voting isn't just mandatory. It's a two-party preferential system. If you vote for a minor party or independent, your vote ultimately goes toward one of the two largest parties. No vote is a throwaway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While I agree in principle I don't think that would necessarily change the results in this case as labour was the best mainstream option in that case. The conservatives had messed up badly and lost public confidence, bleeding votes to both Labour and Reform.

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