Obama Wants to Make Voting Mandatory But What Would Be the Effects?

President Obama endorsed mandatory voting on Wednesday suggesting that it would be a transformative step in engaging the electorate and offsetting the influence of big money in politics. The proposal, which would likely face an uphill battle in the U.S., has been met with a number of criticisms including First Amendment issues, concerns about electoral pandering, and questions about the true effects of required voting on campaign spending and electoral strategy. We look at the story in this Lip News clip with Gabriel Mizrahi and Jo Ankier.