Today will be discussing the topic of voting age and its effects on American politics and global trends. in other parts of the world, they allow for children as young as 16 to vote in many European countrys. we will be going over the pros and cons of allowing this and how it could effect negativly and positivly.
As all of us know, as we grow older our views change to better ourselves or others. With a growing number of elderly people entering retirement and taking medicaid or medicare, you will have a shift in voters voting more for themselves.This can cause huge problems for young voters as they will be the minority to this and have to pay for things that they may never see in their life. This effects a morale in the country that puts a divide on a country already falling in other areas.
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However, i do not believe this to be the case. I personally believe we need to educate our schools on the importance of 1 vote. kids of my generation and younger rarely take interest because they don't believe they can change it or fight for something. if we focused more on teaching our children our constitiunal rights and why they are so important to use them.
the kids are the future of our politic system if we are to try to bring 16 year old voters in, i believe, that the school system should be mandated to teach everyone about it and not be biased in anyway but more of a tool for the american people. we should never mandate voting as this could be used against america as well as screw up alot of people's life.forcing a vote will not only bring anarchy and rebellion, some people just have the right not to vote or not to care.as with the issue abouy voting booths, they are more secure then mobile voting, as well as less likely to be tampered with as opposed to