The route to a popular outcome

 It seems to me that democracy is too important to leave it up to idiosyncrasy of the individual voter in so far as 'turning out to vote'.

Yesterday in Hungary a result was struck down because whilst the voters who turned out to vote, voted by a large majority (90%) to refuse to allow refugees to remain in Hungary the result was thrown out because under 50% of the people voted.
In this country we often have a minority of potential voters casting their votes in a General Election. The victorious party trumpets a win, but a win clearly flawed when after counting the total electorate, less than 50% voted and the party claiming victory have garnered an even smaller percentage of these.
What is the importance of voting in a democracy if such large numbers of people don't reflect their preference in the voting booth. 

Perhaps we should make voting compulsory as they do in Australia.

Of course part of "democracy" is the freedom for people to chose what they do, or don't do and the concept of making it compulsory seems technically, to flow against this freedom.
Voting is only part of national decision making process but it is an important process. It sets a trend for the flow of decisions, of which ever party you chose and if by making voting compulsory people are forced into turning out, at least the result is more representative.
A countries future is and should be, dependent on the voter. It is this proposition, "that ordinary people count" in the affairs of state on which the fundamental idea of a democratic system stands. We might not like the outcome but if everyone takes part it is at least a popular outcome.