Mandatory Voting in the United States?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

You would be surprised at how many people who vote already - and vote regularly - barely care. There are a lot of people who legitimately cannot remember who they voted for at the last major election.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The second part is a well observed phenomenon, as horrifying as it must be to people here. But in a democracy everyone's opinion ought to matter, even if stunningly poorly informed... and I would also argue that it is the responsibility of those in the political process - and in the media and so on and so forth - to inform the electorate of what they need to know in order to make their choice.

Besides, there's certainly no reason to believe that the electorate in a low-turnout election is better informed than in a high-turnout one.