Voting age

Lowering the voting age to 16, as many european countries have done, has been proven to raise voter turnout. Although other ways have also been proven to increase turnout. There are very conflicting views when it comes to the voting age. One Side claims lowering the voting age to 16 will increase voter turnout. The other side claims Lowering the voting age isn't the answer, but improving the voting process is what we need to focus on. Both articles have very great points, but I believe…

The Voting Age Should Be Lowered What is the lowest age you are allowed to vote? Eighteen is the minimum age that people are allowed to vote these days and I think that it should be lowered. Three reasons they should lower the minimum voting age is because kids this age have some good opinions, they would pay more attention to the news, and lastly we wouldn't have as many ties in the voting because there would be more people to vote. Anyone the age of 18 or older is allowed to vote for the…

that lowering the voting age is o.k, but I disagree. I think that the law should keep the voting age the same. I hope that what I'm about to explain in the following paragraphs will change people's minds about lowering the voting age. I'm going to explain three reasons why I think that the law should keep the voting age the same. They are the following: lowering the voting age will distract from the real problem, young voters show lack of responsibility, and lowering the voters age would…

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…

I believe that the current voting age should be maintained at 18 instead of 16. i believe that even if they were to change the legal voting age to 16 that many young people would still not vote. i also think that they should keep the voting age at 18 because 16 year olds are not ready for the responsability of voting,and many of them still most likely dont understand how serious voting actually is. I dont think they should change the voting age to 16 from 18 because i don't think many…

Keeping or lowering the age of voting Its hard to say wether or not to change the age of voter's because not ever person is alike. Some people would like to make the age of voters as young as 16 while others say they should not lower the age to 16. The young voters ages 18-24 tend to not vote as much as they should because they just dont care. I think it would be a bad thing to change the age for voters because at age 16 your not caring enough to vote. Keeping the age at 18 assures that…

perspective and opinion, I believe the voting age should stay at 18. I say this because 16 year olds lack the political awareness of most young adults. granted they are learning about political matters and such in school, minors still have some heavy research and logical thinking to apply to the voting scene. If the age were lowered to 16 I believe that minors would just vote to vote and and not have any prior knowledge of what exactly they are voting for. More less bandwagon, majority…

Should the voting age be lowered to 16? As the 2016 Presidential Election debate season comes to a close, many teens have been more involved than ever in their political views. Many leaders in today's government believe that the youth have a unique perspective and they’ll never have those experiences again. Another idea often thought of is that if we let uneducated adults vote, why not let smart youth vote. Overall, many leaders in today's government want to lower the voting age in order to…

Many people believe we should lower the voting age from 18 to 16. Can you imagine a 16 year old voting? Sounds scary right?Who knew what they wanted further in life when they were 16? I know I didn't. Being 16 was hard enough for me. At the age of 16, many of us weren't interested in politics, neither did we care.There are many methods we can try to get more people to come out and vote. People are so concerned in increasing our voting percentage, they are not keeping in mind further consequences…

Some say that the legal voting age should stay 18, but other's say it should be lowered to 16. In my opinion, it should be 16, because whoever wins the presidential election will still be president as these 16 year old's grow into their adult life. Turning 18 comes with many new responsibilities and rules, and I feel that teens should have a say in who will be president when they are introduced to those new responsibilities. The voting rate for the younger generation may be smaller than the…