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by debacle 2954 days ago
It's an interesting question, and it's commonly debated in the US whether voting should be mandatory. It's been debated since the 1700s whether all eligible voters should be forced to vote.

But there are systems in place where voting is mandatory. Wouldn't studying the political knowledge of these countries in comparison to countries with similar socioeconomic demographics allow you to determine if mandatory voting leads to more effective democracies?