Originally posted on 07/02/2016:

Quote Originally Posted by KVB View Post
Compulsory voting you say.

I hope this part of Australian culture has at least resulted in a more educated voting population. In the US it is pretty clear that there are many people that really shouldn't vote.

The biggest problem is the the low information and uneducated voter.

When I see some of the political opinions and facts, if that's what you can call them, from the general US population, it almost makes me relieved that our vote doesn't count.

It's a bit of a double edged sword.