A few weeks ago, I attended the Rose Café event with Dr. Suzanne Mettler from the department of government, where she educated us on her own study about how citizens use their government programs.  As a statistics major myself, it was interesting to visually see the charts and data she had collected to bolster her argument that even though there is an increasing distrust for the government, citizens’ use of government benefits is also increasing. Dr. Mettler asked us questions about mandatory voting and whether or not we find it convenient to vote ourselves. Toward the end of the discussion, Dr. Mettler suggested the solution of making voting day a national holiday, as is the case in many other countries. This would allow people with busy schedules to go out and vote and increase population participation as a whole.