Internet abuzz with democracy debate after a very unexpected Obama mandatory voting announcement

Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

President Obama, whose party was trounced in last year’s midterm election due to poor turnout among Democrats, endorsed the idea of mandatory voting Wednesday. “It would be transformative if everybody voted,” Mr. Obama said during a town-hall event in Cleveland. “That would counteract [campaign] money more than anything. If everybody voted, then it would completely change the country.