Voting age

school or college without accumulating a massive amount of debt. Once Bernie was eliminated it could be possible that many voter between ages 18-24 have decided not to vote. It is also possible that Hillary was able to regain this age group by adding certain policies, such as reduced college tuition. Another option is that former Bernie supporters are now voting for Trump out of spite for Hillary or the election process. How are former Bernie Sanders…

into office. At the age of eighteen, young adults are allowed to register to vote and take part in elections. Not all citizens participate and decide to vote. When Americans decide to exclude themselves from voting, they initially are negatively impacting society. Thomas Patterson takes his stance on this when he wrote “The Vanishing Voter”. In “The Vanishing Voter”, he discusses the impact nonvoters have on society. Patterson’s goal is to persuade citizens to participate in voting and to…

increases its dependence on technology, it is inevitable that this technology is brought into voting machines. Electronic voting machines are a relatively new invention which allow voters to vote via a computer rather than a ballot sheet. Some people are uncomfortable with electronic voting machines either because of fear that they can be hacked or because of lack of electronic literacy; however, electronic voting machines should be used because of their easier and more secure vote counting, and…

is all that it takes to cast a vote. The act of voting is such a menial task, yet we (the Millennial generation) continue to neglect the election polls. The question remains, why do Millennials refuse to vote? Perhaps the answer lies in the notion that voting is an ineffective method to solve political issues. An overwhelming majority of us would argue that there are alternative forms of political action that exist which are more effective than voting. Some of these other supposedly more…

teen years are an exciting time, filled with friendships, parties, and much more. At sixteen years of age, many youth are focused on getting a driver's license, practicing sports, or preparing for their sweet sixteen. Not everything that teens do are the responsible thing to do. For example, adolescents often times pull pranks, gossip, and get into lots of trouble. Therefore, changing the voting age to sixteen is preposterous because most sixteen-year-olds are not mature. Most teens don’t desire…

Participation in Politics: Is Compulsory Voting the Answer to Low Voter Turnout? Every few years, the concept of compulsory or mandatory voting appears on United States politicians’ radar as a solution to increasing voter turnout. Following the 2014 midterm elections, when only 33.9 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, President Obama threatened to make voting compulsory via an executive order (DelReal). This announcement by the president brought the idea to the forefront of American…

non-US citizen, I am not allowed to vote. Due to this situation, voting becomes uninteresting to me. In addition, none of my parents are into politics hence, there is no role model that guide us, me and my siblings, for the importance of it. I’m not saying that my parents do not care about politics, and how the government works here in the US, but since we are all non-US citizen they do not see the urge to make politics and voting a big deal. It 's not until I had a government class in high…

Why do younger people turn out to vote at lower rates rather than do other age groups? The answer is yes, and here’s why. The adolescents a part of Generation Y (Millennial) seem to be inattentive, preoccupied with something else worth their time or are nonetheless careless. Evidently, younger individuals seem to exhibit some sort of lackadaisical mood whenever they’re asked about anything involving politics; it just doesn’t seem to grasp their interest let alone think it affects them in any way…

practices a fundamental part of democracy. This fundamental principal is voting. Unfortunately in the last decade only 50 percent of voting age Americans show up to the polls.This has been a perplexing situation considering that there has been a long fight for multiple groups in American history to achieve the right to vote. In order to understand why half of able Americans do not vote, we need to understand the history of voting rights. Eligibility to vote in the United States was first…

Throughout Canada’s time as a nation, voting has always been a right, which an individual may choose to exercise, or not. In the last 15 years, voter turnout rates have gradually declined, hitting an all time low at 58.8 percent of the eligible voters in October 2008 as compared to, 64.7 percent in the January 2006 elections. Being the highest voter turnout rate in the last 15 years. Leaving almost 1 in 3 people without an opinion. Which is abysmal as a democratic nation. Raising the question,…