We would absolutely get joke candidates winning local races. Australia has had senators elected on a fraction of a percent because compulsory voting plus odd ballot rules produce chaos. In the US, imagine every House primary flooded with meme candidates because 230 million people are legally required to pick someone and half of them are choosing at random. The protest energy is real and it would show up somewhere. President Kanye getting 4 percent in Ohio sounds like a joke until you realize it's a preview.
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