[Joeri]

You're finding issues where none need exist. My country has mandatory appearance, but not mandatory voting. If you are undecided you can leave your ballot empty, but you have to come to the voting booth regardless.

But even with mandatory voting you could argue that it is a fairer representation even if it forces people who don't care to choose a side. Democracy is about trying to capture what te people want, and "the people" means everyone, not just those who care. Idiots have equal voice to nobel prize winners, that's the democratic way.

FPTP is the real problem though. You could keep optional voting but just switch to pretty much any other vote tallying system and get better leaders. FPTP is mathematically guaranteed to bring out the worst in politicians.