[hueving]

If that were true, why wouldn't the government try to push mandatory voting laws when it had leadership from the Democrat party?

[dragonwriter]

> If that were true, why wouldn't the government try to push mandatory voting laws when it had leadership from the Democrat party?

Because the Democratic Party prefers to expand voting by expanding access (making it easier to register, and easier to vote by expanding times, methods, etc.) rather than by personal mandates and threats of punishment.

[justinlardinois]

Never mind that at the end of the day, the federal government has very little control over elections.

[dragonwriter]

The Democratic Party doesn't just exist in federal government, so I'm not sure how that's relevant, whether or not its true.

[rtpg]

Well looking at state legislatures, it kind of doesn't exist outside the federal gov't

[dragonwriter]

Looking at legislatures, plenty where the Democrats are more powerful at the State level then they are in Congress.