Democracy's Decline Blamed on Non-Voting
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Julian Zelizer : If democracy dies in this country, it can be blamed on people who did not bother to vote last November .
He says the U.S. can respond to looming threats to democracy by tackling the non-voting problem directly.
Zelizer says 36 percent of eligible voters who didn't cast a ballot in 2024 is a serious problem in a country where democracy is threatened.
David Rothkopf : 75 percent of non-voters pay at least some attention to politics.
He says it's time to turn to compulsory voting for young people who don't vote.
Twenty-six other countries make voting compulsory; Australia has had it for almost one hundred years.
It would send a powerful signal that “voting is desirable” and that citizen participation matters, he says.
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