Give two demerits of universal adult franchise
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Advantages:
1) The votes are a representative sample of the whole population, not just the people who are active enough to want to vote.
2) Because everyone has to vote, the whole country may become more politically literate and they might actually learn what their positions on different issues are, allowing them to make very informed decisions about their choice.
Disadvantages:
1) If Advantage 2 does not happen, the (majority/ large minority?) of people who vote might not actually know what the people running stand for, and because they have to vote, they must choose a candidate. This could have the effect of swaying the vote to the candidate that is worse in the long run. Although, that is all hypothetical, it might not happen.
2) A possible result of Advantage 2 is that the country may become more politically divided much quicker. I know that the United States has started to become very politically divided, and I feel that it is very possible that it may have happened faster if everyone was very strong in knowing how they stand on every issue.
I know only one and that is:
We can say that each vote is of equal value but in social and economic life every person is not considered if equal value.