Should voting be mandatory in the US?

God no; voter apathy's probably the only thing stopping things from being worse than they already are. The fundamental weakness of a democratic system is that the quality of the politicians that get elected and the laws they pass will never be better than what can be gotten over on the stupidest, most ignorant and dependent 51% of the electorate. Given what I've read about average American understanding of economics, history and the Constitution, I think voter apathy's great.

No. It should be a choice. ....I wish more people would get out and vote....and I wish people would not vote straight ticket. More people should take the time to get to know the candidates and then make an informed decision on who will be better in this position. Unfortunately most people do not take the time....but they sure find the time to whine and complain about things. lol

Only if you want Tom Brady, Kanye West, Bill Oreilly, Ron Jeremy, or any other celebrity type fool to possibly get elected...

There are a lot of stupid people out here...just sayin.