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Originally Posted by GGG
I know youth voter turnout is lower, I just dont particularly care nor do I think it is the governments role to make people care about electoral participation.
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Doesn't it strike you as unfair and undemocratic that some segments of society are under-represented at the ballot box while other segments of society are over-represented at the ballot box? Do you not think that this might produce policy and legislation that unfairly and undemocratically benefits the over-represented cohort at the expense of the under-represented cohort?
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Originally Posted by GGG
Its up to the party to bring out the vote. I want educated voters who choose to enfranchise themselves.
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Why shouldn't the government play a role in educating voters and encouraging them to enfranchise themselves? No one is suggesting legislated mandatory voting.
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Originally Posted by GGG
And the fact that youth voting is low changes the politcal landscape. As if their turnout was the same as the average population there is a shift to the left. So a get out the youth vote is a partisan activity.
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You seem to assume that the status quo is some sort of neutral, non-partisan zero co-ordinate. I disagree.