Voting across America
Should we lower the voting age? This question comes to a very mixed emotion when asked among vast groups of people. We have groups of people that have got their rights only in the last hundered years. While this might be a tough guess to the outcome. The voting age has changed very little. I personally believe that the age should be left at 18. In the following response I will be reviewing both side of the topic and giving reason why I feel this decsion should stay.
In todays society the word voter has changed signifigantly. Throughout the history of the United States we have had major shifts in who can vote in our Local, State, and National elections. In the last hundred years we have went from only very wealty White men voting to one of the most diverse voter turnout in the world.
The population has shifted in the last 50 years with Baby Boomers …show more content…
Adding another few hundred to the line after 3 PM would potentialy make this more cumbersome. In the world of technology the question comes along. Will mobile voting increase turnout? This topic can wildly vary depending on the demographic in which you live. In most situations we have access to the internet as well as a device in which you can use to do your voting. In some parts of the country mobile phone service is a nightmare let alone internet and a computer.
Our aging populatin continues to grow in a new day and age. The effort to get out to the polls become more and more trying for our older generation. The older generation also have alot of trouble with the coming of technology and would rather just keep it paper and pencil. Mobile voting also raise many concerns for Security and voter fradulence. This is a concern in some of our most recent elections, with alot of our polls being plauged with inconcise result and very narrow
Should we lower the voting age? This question comes to a very mixed emotion when asked among vast groups of people. We have groups of people that have got their rights only in the last hundered years. While this might be a tough guess to the outcome. The voting age has changed very little. I personally believe that the age should be left at 18. In the following response I will be reviewing both side of the topic and giving reason why I feel this decsion should stay.
In todays society the word voter has changed signifigantly. Throughout the history of the United States we have had major shifts in who can vote in our Local, State, and National elections. In the last hundred years we have went from only very wealty White men voting to one of the most diverse voter turnout in the world.
The population has shifted in the last 50 years with Baby Boomers …show more content…
Adding another few hundred to the line after 3 PM would potentialy make this more cumbersome. In the world of technology the question comes along. Will mobile voting increase turnout? This topic can wildly vary depending on the demographic in which you live. In most situations we have access to the internet as well as a device in which you can use to do your voting. In some parts of the country mobile phone service is a nightmare let alone internet and a computer.
Our aging populatin continues to grow in a new day and age. The effort to get out to the polls become more and more trying for our older generation. The older generation also have alot of trouble with the coming of technology and would rather just keep it paper and pencil. Mobile voting also raise many concerns for Security and voter fradulence. This is a concern in some of our most recent elections, with alot of our polls being plauged with inconcise result and very narrow