Would you say that in countries were voting is compulsory (like say Australia) the politicians are not idiots?
I don't think the problem is that too few people vote.
I don't think the problem is that too few people vote.
If a voter in one country can't be bothered to vote, yet a voter is compelled to vote in another country, the laziness is just shuffled across to the act of voting.
Choosing a candidate that has opinions similar to your own is hard, doubly so when it's just as hard coming up with (and then justifying) those opinions.