Think about it, the parents may pressure them to vote democrat, republican, or what have you. Kids are very gullible, and underestimating that fact can have harsh consequences.
Yes, and you could have children voting the opposite party from their parents.
i say 17. if 17 is old enough to fight and die for this country then its old enough to smoke, drink, gamble, and vote.
You shoudn't really be comparing the voting age to other age restrictions. Personally I think it could be below 16 somewhere, I mean if a kid doesn't give a shit about politics he won't vote but if there's kids that care about what president runs your country and actually does his research then it could be a very good thing. A lot of older people vote for something because their parents did and there's did. So a lot of the time the younger and more easily interested could make the better choice.
It should be increased, the 18-24 age group votes less than any other, why? They simply don't care.
If they don't care then what is the point of going through the hassel of increasing it and you would be depriving the ones who are into politics.
I think that maybe there still should be an age limit of 18 when everyone can vote, but there should be like a test of some sort you could take when your 16 that tests your maturity.
What sort of test? There will be too much hassle, too many flaws in the test, what sort of questions or test? Couldn't someone cheat by just asking how another person did theirs?
Several people from my school have enlisted in the army at 17 coming into their sr. year of hs. They are usally used for recruiting purposes. However if the need arises they can be sent to war.
Hell, in my country it's 16.
I don't think the right to vote should be based off of age. I think it should be based upon your intelligence; iE, people should be given a test that can be graded by a machine. Age is such a vague and indecent way of selecting voters.
Intelligence isn't knowledge, just because your intellgent doesn't mean you can't make a mistake. If you're not very bright but you do KNOW what each party does or is up to, who is the best choice blah blah you could be a better choice than someone really smart. Some one else came up with that idea, a test like that could have too many flaws.
Leave it because at 18 you reached full matrtiy and you can actually examn the candidates and not just think of it as a big joke.
I think children are fully able to examine candidates probally and they can take it more seriously than their elders. There is many idiots that vote over the age limit, why not lower it as only the more interested children will even bother to vote.
