[tutuca]

Well to be fair. If more population were concerned an actively participating in democracy, by at the least get out and go to vote, some thing would change, for sure.

USA has the lowest participation on any democracy I know.

Universal obligatory vote is something that does wonders and produce actual change.

[Sargos]

I do vote but I also live in a gerrymandered district so my representative is pre-chosen for me. I also live in a non-battleground state where essentially my president is pre-chosen as well. My vote actually doesn't matter much at all.

[MiroF]

In large portions of the country, there is nothing contested and nobody to vote against.

Structural problems can cause lack of participation.

I don't know if I would want voting to be obligatory, but it certainly should be universal.