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Lesson 4.2 Day 3
| 13NFL1-Compulsory Voting Page 3 of 163 www.victorybriefs.com COMPULSORY VOTING ENCOURAGES THE STATE TO MAKE VOTING EASIER, WHICH INCREASES TURNOUT. ....................................................................................................................................................59 I NEQUALITY ..................................................................................................................................... 60 LOW VOTER TURNOUT EXACERBATES SOCIAL INEQUALITY. STUDIES PROVE THAT COMPULSORY VOTING IMPROVES INCOME INEQUALITY. LOW TURNOUT CREATES A VICIOUS CYCLES THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN WITHOUT COMPULSORY VOTING. DEMOCRACY DOESN’T ITSELF REDUCE INCOME INEQUALITY. COMPULSORY VOTING LAWS BACKED BY STRICT ENFORCEMENT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE INCOME INEQUALITY. REMOVING COMPULSORY VOTING SHARPLY INCREASES INCOME INEQUALITY – RECENT STUDIES OF VENEZUELAN REFORMS PROVE. PREVIOUS STUDIES SUFFER FROM SEVERE LIMITATIONS. PREVIOUS STUDIES SUFFER FROM SEVERE LIMITATIONS. .................................................................67 FOWLER’S STUDY IS MORE PLAUSIBLE BECAUSE IT ASSUMES LESS. BEFORE AUSTRALIA’S COMPULSORY VOTING LAWS, PROPERTY-OWNERS WERE OVERREPRESENTED AT THE POLLS – EVIDENCE FROM THE VICTORIA PROVINCE PROVES. THE TRENDS IN VICTORIA CAN REASONABLY BE APPLIED TO AUSTRALIA AS A WHOLE. COMPULSORY VOTING DRAMATICALLY CHANGED ELECTION RESULTS BY RECTIFYING TURNOUT INEQUALITY THAT FAVORED CONSERVATIVE, NON-LABOR PARTIES.................................................71 COMPULSORY VOTING WAS UNIQUELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROGRESSIVE ELECTION RESULTS IN AUSTRALIA – OTHER VARIABLES DON’T ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENCE. COMPULSORY VOTING INCREASES TURNOUT BY AROUND 30% AND SPECIFICALLY IMPROVES THE REPRESENTATION OF UNSKILLED WORKERS . COMPULSORY VOTING INCREASES TURNOUT BY AROUND 30% AND SPECIFICALLY IMPROVES THE REPRESENTATION OF UNSKILLED WORKERS. ...............................................................................74 R EDUCES P OLITICAL A PATHY ........................................................................................................... 75 COMPULSORY VOTING REDUCES POLITICAL APATHY NONVOTING DOES NOT INHERENTLY MEAN THAT DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ARE SATISFIED WITH PUBLIC POLICY ..................................................................................................................................76 L EGITIMACY ..................................................................................................................................... 77 LOW VOTER TURNOUT HARMS GOVERNMENTAL LEGITIMACY. LOW VOTER TURNOUT HARMS EU LEGITIMACY. COMPULSORY VOTING WOULD REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF UNACCOUNTABLE POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND LIMIT MONEY’S IMPACT ON ELECTIONS OVERALL. .........................................79 E XPENDITURES ................................................................................................................................ 80 COMPULSORY VOTING REDUCES WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES. COMPULSORY VOTING ACTUALLY TENDS TO REDUCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH MORE THAN VOLUNTARY VOTING. .......................................................................................................................81 F REE - RIDING ................................................................................................................................... 82 COMPULSORY VOTING SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF FREE-RIDING ABSTAINERS. ..............................82 L IBERAL D UTY TO V OTE ................................................................................................................... 83 LIBERAL PRINCIPLES JUSTIFY COMPULSORY VOTING. ........................................................................83 |