With compulsory voting many countries become successful. Germany,Peru, Australia and many more countries have been required to vote since the late 1800’s to the late 1900’s (Doc A). In Brazil those who don 't vote have to pay a fine, causing many to not miss their voting slot time
Voting practice at first glance may seem to be more democratic because there was universal white male suffrage by the early 1830s, due to the the educational and property limitations that were removed that held education-less and property-less white males back. Allowing all white men to vote, regardless of property ownership and educations allows more of the population to participate, however it still excluded a large portion of the population. For example, prior to universal white male suffrage, women in New Jersey were allowed to vote if they were educated and owned property; however New Jersey decided to change its policy and favor it towards white males. There was also an active effort to deny African Americans from voting. Voting is an important aspect of politics because it is supposed to give people a chance to have a say in government.
“ While compulsion of any kind is a restriction, so is the compulsion to drive only on the right side of the road.” ( “Is It Time To Consider Mandatory Voting Laws? Worsening Voting Statistics Make a Strong Case.” by John W. Dean.) One way voter turnout can increase is by compulsory (required) voting.
The concept of voter turnout is simply the total number of people that voted in a given election. The number of people that show up to vote during a given election is usually compared to two metrics, VAP and VEP. Voting Age Population takes into consideration all people that are older than the voting age in a given area, which is 18 years old in the United States. Voter Eligible Population uses the VAP and subtracts those over the age of 18 that aren’t eligible to vote, which includes and noncitizens and felons. VEP also includes American citizens that are overseas at the time of the election.
On the other hand, voting is a very easy but important responsibility. It is you responsibility to vote because
Canada is a democratic country, meaning it allows all citizens over the age of eighteen who are legally Canadian to vote in both federal and provincial elections. Although Canadians are given the freedom and amazing opportunity to vote and make decisions for what they think is best for our country, not all Canadians decide to vote. In a country like Canada, it is important for everyone to vote since having even one person not vote can make a huge difference in the final results. In other words, it is vital that most, if not all Canadians participate in voting as it increases the accuracy and legitimacy of the electoral system. There are a wide variety of reasons why Canadians are choosing not to vote; some of which include not being interested
In the United States, low voter turnout rates depend on numerous aspects, such as: the type of election, the requiring of registration, level of education that has been accomplished by the voter, and the voters’ socioeconomic status. The type of election in America is different compare to other democracies around the world. Most democracies have more than one day to vote, but in the United States is on the first Tuesday of November. During election season many citizens do not vote due to the registration process. The responsibility is on the citizens to get registered to vote.
Voting allows you to choose who you, as an individual, believe who can provide for the country and treat the issues we face. Finally, voting a person into the most important role in the world ( the president of the United States) allows you to save the world. With a world so heavily militaries and military occupents all around the world, with allied countries and allied forces with the ability to end the world with atomic weaponry beyond what any of us can fathom, is all at the fingure tips of whomever is elected into office. Do your research, vote respoibly, your vote
There still are many 16 year olds who would vote without thinking or using one consious. Many of Americas youth are not taught about getting into politics or this is going to be way of life for them. Other countries such as Belgium (95%) turnout and Austria at the top. Voting is
The Impact that Race and Class has on Wealth America is a place of potential opportunity and success. There is a possibility of prosperity for everyone, no matter one’s race, social class, or ethnicity. However, success is more easily achievable for white Americans. People of color in America have struggled for centuries with housing, jobs and education all due to their race. Even though it is not just, white Americans have had the upper hand simply because of their skin color.
They have barley learned the basics of politics in school. Voting for a president ,mayor,school board, those are very big impacts in the world to let young people vote on when they only know the basics. Secondly i believe if they lowered the voting ages to 16 that it would deffinetly lower the participation percentage. The avarage person that are eligible to vote now dont even go and vote.
In 1963 for example, working-class voters were more than three times as likely to vote Labour than Tory. This leads to the conclusion that, at least relating to factors that affect voting, age is the new class. This shows that, while class is now of very minor importance the sociological model of voting still does apply, however it is much less important than the rational-choice model in predicting voting behaviour, especially as about half of voters are now ‘floating’, and much less tied down by things like
In my opinion all it would take for younger people to become more interested in voting would be to bring more awarness to it. It could be as easy as making adverticments for social media platforms such as Youtube, Instagram, and Snapchat. We could have rewards that would modivate or praise they for their involvment. All they would need would be an exclusive filter or stickers for pictures, and seeing an idol talk about how incridible it is. Now days social media has so much influence on the youth and creating a trend like #Voter or #iVoted could be the next dab or
We need votes from people that understand everything about the election. There is no contest in voting ranks with other countries. I feel there is no trust in letting 16 year olds vote when they have no interest or knowledge to make a smart
Yet, to avoid this, we can teach them how not to be swayed at school. According to the Electoral Reform Society, they support young citizens at the age of 16 in how to vote and what decision making they should do. If teenagers get the support from authorized adults who can lead young adults to the right path through society, I believe we can trust their opinions. The Fulcrum exclaims that the Ontario Government already recognizes that 16 year olds can understand the issues and independent judges on them. From this, we can say that adults keep full eye on young adults and what kind of thinking they have towards politics so it is safe for teenagers to start voting.
