Lower The Voting Age Analysis

I believe the voting age should decrease from where its been for many years, at 18 years of age, to 16 years of age. I believe in equal representation as much as any american, but I believe the two year age diference could show marginal results. This is one of those policies that may work well in other countries, but in the United States the majority of the young adult population doesn't pay attention to politics, they're too busy with highschool, part time jobs, or any social activity. Decreasing the minimum voting age would not be a bad idea, it would make a younger populous heard, but i doubt the results would be as drastic as stated.

As mentioned in "Lower the Voting Age" A 16 year old voting age has been tested in other coutries across the world, with positive results. This article also makes a very strong point, being that there is a majority of elderly voters; and that the younger population isnt voting as much giving the elderly voters a much more magnified vote. while this isnt bad, because elderly voters have been around loger and have observed what works and what doesn't in our government, it also means they will most likely stick with what they think works; even though it may not be the best for a growing adapting scociety. …show more content…
The topic of civic resposibility is brought up in this article, stating that the youner age group isnt as active in voting as the older age groups is, this could be attributed to many factors, whether they care or not, or simply whether they know what they want from a government