Should 18 Year Olds Have The Right To Vote Essay

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Voting for the election is a very huge thing to care about because once the election is over the winner of the election will be the president of the United States and will be choosing what to do for the country for you. It isn’t fair that only 18 older and up could only vote for the president. The reason why is because researches have shown that in most recent elections 16 year olds and 17 years old are way more interested in the elections then the 18-23 year olds. Only because these kids are still at school talking to their teachers about the election while the 18 year olds are either going to college or going straight to work, and most of the time when students go straight to work they might never vote ever in their life and if he or she chooses to vote that person might have knowledge of what he or she is voting or might not know what he or she is voting for and vote for the wrong things. I found a quote in the article that I am reading and Richie said that “Eighteen year olds are not very good …show more content…

Some may say that this won't be worth the time and effort of the city devoted to the issue but I think all of those people that say that are wrong. I think every city will be devoted to this because not everybody has even tried to do this only one state has done it. Some say that “it's going to be so exciting to say we are the first municipality in the country to do this”(Schultz colleagues). People at Maryland are very happy and excited to actually let youngsters vote in the election. Miller said that “I understand the apathy. How much of a difference will it really make? I’m still excited about the opportunity. The turnout us low, even a small amount could make a difference.” Even if the group of youngsters is small that small group will still have a great impact towards the election no matter

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