The outcome of the US presidential election provides a
convincing argument for the benefits of compulsory voting. Because
voting is not compulsory in America, Donald Trump will be president
of the United States, even though just one in four Americans voted
for him.
Millions of Americans fail to vote in presidential
elections
Despite the enormous consequences of electing a man who
displayed such obnoxious behaviour to the most powerful office in
the world, only 57 per cent of eligible voters bothered voting in
the US election. This is well below the 61.6 per cent turnout that
saw Barack Obama elected in 2008. Ninety-five million Americans
didn't vote.
I have travelled extensively in the United States and seen what
happens to people who don't vote. Basically, if you don't
vote, you don't count. If you don't vote politicians can,
and do, ignore you. I saw whole tracts of America struggling in
poverty, left behind by the growing economy. It hit the less
educated,
