Ever since the 26th amendment was passed, eighteen year olds were allowed to vote. This new voting age led to this new age group showing less representation than older groups. It was then thought of in the Montgomery County to try and change this, so they lowered the voting age to sixteen. This new way of thinking was brought up to try and bring up the amount of young voters they see less of in elections. I support this new change because it seems like a good idea to let younger people have the chance to voice their opinions.
Given the general dejection that faces this state political process currently, changing the voting age to 16 and upward will really get young people thrilled. Allowing 16- years old and upward the right to vote while still living with their parents would encourage a habit that will continue once they leave their nest. Teenagers who come from a non-politically active household tend to take on their parents political views, if such teenagers sees other teenagers participating in a local election, they would be encouraged to turn out putting behind their inherited non political participation views from their parents. Teenagers are the future of the states, the voting age adult who don’t turn out during election will soon expire and the youth who will eventually make it an habit to go vote will replace
In 1971 the United States ratified the 26th Amendment of the constitution lowering the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen and today they are faced with another difficult decision on whether to lower it again. Many young sixteen year-olds want the vote and have many arguments to get it lowered, but the argument against them is strong. There are many experts on teen psychology that have been discussing the topic on whether the teen mind can handle the type of responsibility it takes to vote and whether or not they should have the right to do so. Many argue the fact on maturity level or amount of experience, but the real question is what teenagers really care about getting the right to vote? Will lowering the voting age help today’s society,
Looking back about 40 years in our country’s history, the 26th Amendment was passed, granting 18-year olds the right to vote; ultimately opening a gateway for the younger generation to partake in their civic duty. Therefore, demonstrating our country’s progression towards constructing a beneficial and working government for the people. As we fast forward to today’s society, we notice that the eagerness of involvement in politics by 16 and 17 year olds have dramatically increased. Which leave many befuddled on whether they should be allowed to vote. However, I do believe 16 and 17 year olds should be given the right to vote because many teenagers are politically involved, taking a government class, and have continually been trying to learn more about our government.
My view is that it should be reduced to 16 by way of a cautious, incremental path. It is difficult to get 18-year-olds to enrol and vote, in part because this can be a time of great upheaval in their lives. Many are moving from school to university or into employment, often out of home, and are forming new relationships. Joining the electoral roll can be low on their list of
This could cause a problem because our vote could be influenced by our parents, our friends, & even silly commercial ads. With this being said, lowering the voting age to 16 years old is not a smart thing to do. Now, let’s fast forward to a couple of years. I will be 17 years of age my senior year. As we are maturing & learning to become more independent, I think this is a great stepping stone for becoming a successful individual.
The voting age should remain the same as it is currently. At the age of sixteen your not even by law a adult to play a part of polotics you should atleast be of age. If the age to vote was to be lowered there could be minors picking someone just to pick they would not even have a reason or some statements to show why they voted for the person they did. The older voter would not be fond of the vote age being lowered because there could be a possibility of the minor votings rank up to more votes than them. If the younger voters had more votes than the aboved age voters they would lose to minors ho had no clue of who they voted for it would be just a name they picked.
Should 16 and 17 - year old citizens be allowed to vote? One can say that being 16 and 17 years old gives you the right to vote just as the ones that are 18 since is during the process of matureness and kids going to high school and learning more about our country. However, in the article ‘Takoma Park 16-year-old savors his history making moment at the polls’ by Annys Shin one of the characters states that not even 18 years old “are not a very good first voting age group.” That’s why the concerns of people lowering the voting age is about maturity, knowledge, and responsibility. There is definitely some discussion about lowering the voting age to 16 and 17 and that’s where I believe that they shouldn’t lower the voting age because of how
I am writing in response to the article, “Labor will look at dropping voting age to 16, says Bill Shorten” (The Sydney Morning Herald, 31/9/15). I firmly believe that the voting age in Australia should be reduced to 16 years of age. Today’s younger generation are taking on more and more responsibilities therefore making them more than eligible to have their say into who is going to run their country. In today’s society 16 year olds are capable of obtaining a job, earning their learners permit and paying taxes.
The Voting Age: To Lower or Not to Lower? The issue of who gets to vote and who does not has always been a struggle in our country. When our country’s constitution was ratified, only white men were allowed to cast a vote in any election.
I would first like to start by saying why I believe not lowering the age is beneficial. My first reason is that lowering the age will decrease voting participation. Studies showed that the main voter participation is from older people. The ages I'm referring to vary from 25-50
Artical 1 (Keep the Voting Age at 18) makes a good point on how most young people don't show much intrest in voting. But I think that by allowing younger people to participate in the voting it could potentialy give them a chance to become more interested and there for involed. Another Point made by artical 1 was that the lowering of the voting age would decrease our voting percentages since the majority of 18 - 24 year olds didn't vote in 2012. I think that if we were to lower the age requirment to 16 the age of 24 would lower since the the youger voters would have been given a chance to vote sooner, by the time they were about 22 they would have already had more time and experience with voting. And we would have those extra 2 years of voters there fore adding to the voting percentages.
Lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 the pros and cons. Some would agrue that lowering the voting age would increase participation of young voters some say it would have no real effect. The national voteing age is a debate that has mainy devided, mainy say it only distracts from more serious issues while highlighting the "lack of civic responsibilty'' among today's young people. We should explore other solutions in order to fix the voters turnout rate in our country like voting booths or allowing people to vote from home, research shows that "america ranks at the bottom of the developed nations in turnouts"not just based on our national voting age but because we fail to explore other solutions.
INTRODUCTION In this article i will be sharing my own and other peoples views on whether the voting age should be lowered to 16 in the UK, and if 16 year olds are mature enough and ready to have the vote. There are many mixed views on this topic with some very strong opinions. I will be starting some arguments for and against the topic and explaining my views on them. I will then write a conclusion on my views after reading and commenting on the points given for the different arguments.
The voting age should be lowered to 16 because youth will vote thoroughly, 16 is a better age to start voting, and voting will provide an intrinsic benefit to the lives of young people. Firstly, it is best for us to lower the voting age because young adults will vote thoroughly and make the right decisions. Alternet says that young voters are likely to vote in much the same way as their parents, not because they are coerced to do so but because or shared values meaning that there will be no worries that irresponsible teenagers will make wrong choices. National
