What do you think would happen to the United States if we had a 100% voter participation.?

Question

I'm not talking about forcing anyone to vote. I'm asking why don't we exercise our rite to vote. If I took one question off of here you would scream censorship and raise hell because it is your rite. So why don't we vote with that excipement.

I'm not talking about forcing anyone to vote. I'm asking why don't we exercise our rite to vote. If I took one question off of here you would scream censorship and raise hell because it is your rite. So why don't we vote with that excitement.

Answer 1

Voter apathy is the biggest block to people voting, "if I vote it won't make any difference so why vote. " I think one of the things you would see with 100% participation would be a move to the center, extremest on both sides are really a minority with most people being more moderate and you would see the majority voting for moderate candidates. The U.S would be far better governed if this was to take place. .

Answer 2

I haven't seen any statistics, so I'm just guessing, but I think there are two main groups of people who are eligible to vote, but don't: the cynics (like myself) who are so discouraged with the system that it seems beyond hope, and the couch potatoes who are just too lazy to think about politics.

If the cynics were forced to vote, they would naturally vote for some serious reforms, because they sincerely want the system to be better. If the couch potatoes were forced to vote, they would decide their vote based on which candidate (or side of an issue) had the best advertisement.

Unfortunately, I think the couch potatoes far outnumber the cynics. I must agree with stephen m that forcing voter participation would be a step in the wrong direction.

Answer 3

If we had 100% participation we would scare the crap out of the politicians because they would be in fear of their jobs because they would be forced to vote the will of the people not their own will.
I also think that we would have a much more moderate government and the liberal newspapers like the NY Times won't have anything to write about any more.

Of course we can never have 100% because there are to many illegal aliens in this country but it nice to think of.

Answer 4

It would be great if the electoral college was not in place. Just because the majority of the people in the state where I live vote a certain way, does not mean I want my vote counted that way.
I would love to see the election results.

Answer 5

It has already been proven that the Republicans would never win in any State; because of the population of the larger Cities would vote predominately Democrat. This is why we have the Electoral College in force.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

It would mean we finally got some politicians that were voted in by the people, not just the rich retarded sons of old senators, presidents and congress persons.

Answer 8

Honestly i think we would have equilibrium thats what its designed for, if another corruption like the 2000 election of bush were to take place in that %100 turnout. Major antigovernment uprise,no telling what would have happened in that sinareo

Answer 9

I was stunned to learn in some class in college that stastically speaking there wouldn't be a drastic shift in politics with 100% participant. Of course, now I don't know where my textbook is to back up that assertion but it is what I have come to believe.

Answer 10

If you are referring to the presidency, I don't think it would matter because it still comes down to the electoral votes. I believe Al Gore won the election by popular votes.