People don't vote because the two-party system offers most of them nothing. I'm a leftist in Mississippi and my vote for president has never mattered and never will. Forcing me to participate in a system that structurally ignores me just makes my coercion part of the pageant. FairVote has laid out the alternatives for years: proportional representation, ranked choice, real ballot access. Do those and watch turnout rise on its own. Until then, mandatory voting is a mandate to endorse a duopoly.
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