Lowering The Voting Age Essay

Donald Trump stirring up controversy in the media a lot of young people are starting to take interest in politics. With that said, the legal age to vote should be lowered to seventeen. Lowering the voting age would increase the amount of votes casted as well as get young adults interested in politics and since at this age young adults start to pay taxes they should be allowed to vote on who decides happens with their taxes. With younger kids getting more and more politically active we as a nation should allow their voices to be heard. In addition, lowering the voting age would help younger people get more active in voting and this will increase the amount of voices heard when voting comes. Voting isn’t just about hearing the voices of the older generation. We as a nation should make an effort to make it easier to …show more content…
The article states "I think that they should definitely be able to have a say on elected officials that decide where the taxes go,”. Young adults shouldn’t be denied the right to vote on where their taxes go because they are two months away from being eighteen. Eighteen is the legal voting age but now that young adults are getting jobs at ages like sixteen and paying taxes we should lower the voting age. What’s the difference between a seventeen year old voting and an eighteen year old voting? According to the article “After a similar law took effect in Illinois in 2014, Chicago election officials reported that 17-year-olds were more likely to vote in that city's primary election than most voters in their 20s, 30s and 40s.”. After giving young adults the opportunity to vote it showed that young adults actually voted more than people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. Some young adults care about where their taxes go; we’re just not giving them, the chance to show