Bernie brings DNC to its feet in BRILLIANT 25 minute speech!

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177. Compulsory voting

(along with making voting as convenient and accessible for everyone as possible) is probably the only sure-fire way to fix the low turnout that he mentioned. I think until we have something like that, there will still be plenty of people who refuse to vote no matter how many fiery speeches a candidate gives or how many good things s/he promises. Many of the things that Bernie talks about are what most other D's have been talking about for years, and the 2 parties are so far apart these days that there is no reason to not vote or for people to get all cynical and say they're the same, yet here we still are with a turnout problem (especially in off-years).
Part of the problem also is that people don't do their own homework and become more knowledgeable about checks-and-balances and how things truly get done in D.C., in addition to finding out about the numerous differences between the typical platform of the GOP and our platform. This alludes to something I'd like to see Bernie acknowledge. He should point out to the less politically-savvy people that a president's powers are limited, and that while he promises things like free college, it won't necessarily come into fruition without solid Democratic majorities in both Houses. He can't do it all himself.