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A lot of Americans can't imagine compulsory voting.
I can understand the concern - if you think of some of the idiots you know and think about forcing them to vote, it seems like a bad plan.
Ofc the reality is, all the normal people you know also vote, which creates a kind of inertia in the centre.
Compulsory voting does weed out the crazies because most people are a bit in the middle. The crazies are always a vocal minority who get most of the attention.