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Questions - Compulsory Voting - February 10-11, 2020

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National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters

Conducted February 10-11, 2020
By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Several countries including Australia have made voting compulsory as a citizen's responsibility, and California is considering a similar law. Should all Americans be required to vote and subject to penalties if they do not vote?

 

2* Would compulsory voting result in better or worse government for the United States? Or would the end result be about the same?

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence