Voting age

kids 17 and under vote it could go up 1 vote to 76 million more votes just on letting kids vote that could bring up to 200 million more votes. If they let kids vote.“Before the vietnam war was going on the age for voting was 21, nevertheless when the war of vietnam came they lowered the voting age to 18”. Which we have done this before in the past, Just wealthy white men could vote, then landowners who were white and male could vote, then only men could vote over 21, later on men and women could…

Age of Responsibilities: We should not change the legal age because people at 18 can already assume their responsibilities. Some people say that the legal age for adult rights and responsibilities such as driving, drinking and voting should be changed. The articles “What is the age of responsibility” by Alan Greenblat, “No, we shouldn’t lower the voting to age 16” by David Davenport, “You're an adult, but your brain might not be, experts say” by Jacqueline Howard and “ how old is old enough?”…

Lowering Voting Age Opener: We negate the resolution which states, resolved: The United States should lower its voting age. We will now state a brief overview of our main arguments: Lowering the voting age may increase voter turnout among 18-240-year-olds Lowering the voting age may increase voter turnout among all age groups Teens have an invested interest in the country's future These arguments are some of the reasons why we urge you to vote pro. Contention 1: Lowering the voting age may…

Zuri Tate Period 6 March 20, 2024 Monument Project Essay In the writing, “Why We Should We Lower the Voting Age to 16,” Laurence Steinberg (an American university professor of psychology) writes, “The young people who have come forward to call for gun control in the wake of the mass shooting at their high school in Parkland, Fla., are challenging the tiresome stereotype of American kids as indolent narcissists whose brains have been addled by smartphones. They offer an inspiring example of…

ludicrous to think that my fellow citizens of our democratic nation would not rush out to the polls to be sure that their favorite candidate is elected for office As we approach yet another presidential election the thoughts of voting cannot help but fill the heads of every voting age American. They are many reason why Americans don’t vote, one being citizens think their vote won’t count. Another reason, so many citizens do not vote because of the registration process. For many Americans taking…

Should Voting be Mandatory? Barack Obama spoke about mandatory voting in the March of 2015, he related, “If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country,” Voter participation is at an all-time low with only 36.4% of eligible voters casting ballots in the 2014 midterm elections. The problems that arise from low voter turnout are numerous, but the most influential impact from not voting is this – Politicians only care about individuals who vote, and if only…

Only 4…..3% of all U.S. citizens 18 years or older voted in the 2014 midterm elections (File). Since voting is one of a citizen’s sole civic responsibilities for a representative democracy, it is striking that less than half of the voting aged populace engaged in the elector process? When trying to explain a citizen’s level of political activity and civic engagement, one must comprehend the factors involved at the individual level. Context matters. As a country containing a diverse populace with…

AOW- Should Voting Be Mandatory? Voting Should be mandatory in the United States. The article “Should voting be Mandatory” is about how the author thinks voting should be mandatory for people over 18. One reason is because it would make people pay more attention to which president the citizens are voting for. Another reason that voting should be mandatory is that congress may actually pay more attention to things that now there ignoring. Some people may think that voting should still be…

Age and Political Culture in America Political culture is defined as a “set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments which give order and meaning to a political process and which provides the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system. It encompasses both the political ideals and the operating norms of polity” (Encyclopedia, 2016). Political culture has an affect on the behavioral patterns of a person because it characterizes a way in which a person acts. Both…

Today’s teens are known to be uninterested in politics, and some of the reasons they are uninterested is, that they do not care about politics because it does not affect them, teenagers simply do not know about politics, and teens have been raised in the age of social media. The first reason that researchers do not think teens are interested in politics is that teens do not care about politics because it does not affect them. For example, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a cognitive neuroscientist from…