Maintaining The Voting Age

Have you ever wondered if the voting age could be lowered? Well there is a huge Controversy on it. Why? Because many young adults, or teenagers, live and have the same responsibility as an adult would .In many peoples opinion, it should be lowered .Many people think the same way, young voices matter.

The long debate over lowering the voting age in America from 18 to 21 always been a big issue. It began during World War II and became greater intensified during the Vietnam War. That’s when young men denied the right to vote, and they have to fight for their country. There is a big debate about what age you should be able to vote. It’s been a long going issue that nobody has really came up to a conclusion with. I personally think that the voting age should be changed from 18 to 21 because 18 year old are not mature enough, at that age they do not know what and who to vote for, and they have no real world experience.

After reading both passages provided on the voting age debate of weither it should be lowered to 16 to remain at 18, I am amazed that there is even a debate to be had with the complete lack of legitamate arguments for lowering the voting age. It seems from the information provided that the overal goal is to raise the voter participation percentage and lowering the voting age provides no convicing evidence of being able to do so.

There is a big discussion around the world about whether voting age should be kept the same or lowered. I believe that the voting age should be kept at the age of 18. There are numerous reasons to show why this is relevant.

In my opinion, I feel as though the voting age should stay at 18 and not be changed to 21. One of the reasons why the voting age should stay at 18 is because regardless of your age everyone's voice and opinion should be heard and everyone deserves an opportunity to be able to vote. Also if the voting age were to be increased to 21, the participation rate for voting would decrease significantly. Everybody says how important it is to vote so why should 18,19 and 20-year-olds not be included? If the voting age was raised, it would make things worse, and it wouldn't be right for them to not take part in voting for our political future. Many people may underestimate the younger age groups and may not see them as mature enough to take part in voting.

By lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 some people suggest improvement of voter turnout. On the other hand the problem is that by doing this there would be a decrease in the participation percentage. Most of the younger people would not take the time to vote; much less take the time to understand what they're voting for.

I believe that if America changed the voting age to 16 that there would be an increase in the number of votes. The reason I say this is because, many people see the problems that are faced on a daily basis. The only way things will be changed is if we make a change. When it's time to vote we're voting for new politicans. As stated in the passage many other countries have already done so. Voting allows the people to be heard, it shows that we the people care who's over us, and it's our responsibility.

I think that lowering the age to vote would have a bigger turnout then keeping it at 18. The only thing to disprove this argument is, ( younger voters show a lack of civic responsibility). Athough 16 is a young age to vote , it does not mean they dont have a clear openion on how they want to live. If you think about it, two years later their an adult and now living their life with a presadent that they had no say over.

I think the voting age should remain at 18. One reason I think the voting age should remain at 18 is cause kids dont really know what this goverment is made of they think just cause a president says good things there right. Hilary clinton has said good things but id never vote for her in a million years. When it come to voting you also have to show some sort of responsiblity and alot of people under 18 dont have much responsiblity.

There has been a debate about lowering the U.S.A's legal voting age from 18 to 16 years old. There are some people are against it, arguing that the younger generation shows no interest in politics. Others believe that lowering the voting age by two years could potentionally show positive results.

Just like most ideas, there are reasonable doubts along with valid points. In this case, one article is pushing towards keeping the voting age at 18, while the other is focused on lowering the voting age. It looks to me that the over-all objective is to increase voter participation. Which makes sense on both sides, the more people who vote, the greater the chance of chosing the right potential canidate. But, everything must have some sort of structure and rules. Therefore there is reason and importance to the specific rule that states you must be 18 or older to vote.

I believe that the voting age being lowered to 16 could possibly be a good idea, if the people are educated about what/who they're voting for. In the second passage it states, "America ranks at the bottom of developed naitions in turnout; with a voter turnout of 38%". This in itself is a problem. The first passage suggests that we could fix this by allowing people to vote from home or use Mobile voting booths. While the second passage says we should lower the legal voting age to 16. As I stated above, I believe lowering the voting age could possibly be beneficial if we could educate the youth about what they're voting for and get them more interested in voting. The first passage indicates that, "In 2012, 62% of eligible voters participated".

I am going to start out by saying that the voting age should be changed to 21 years old instead of 18 years of age for a couple of reasons, My first reason is the simple fact that most you adults between the ages of 18 and 20 do not have firsthand experience on what impact the person they are voting for will have for this country. Most of these young adults will still be in school and they don't possess the maturity to make such decision. The second reason on why I think the voting age should be changed to 21 is that the human brain is not fully developed until your mid-twenties since a lot of young adults are living with their parents at this age their opinion is often persuaded by their parent's political views.

Voting is a big deal for our modern day society. We vote to practice our freedom and to debate on something important to us. In the past, people would have fought and died over the option to vote. Do I think the voting age of 18 is substainable? Yes, I very much do agree it's the correct age.

Many people opposed the change of voting age, but others believed that it should be lowered. People who think that the voting age should stay the same usually are the conservative people who want to keep the old customs as they are. People who are conservative are usually cautious about changes, and usually want to stay put without improvement. The people who want changes are usually more liberal. These people leave place for improvements, but sometimes vote for the change of things that are not supposed to be changed. The battle over the voting age was fought much like any other argument about laws. It was just one of many full out battles of conservatives versus liberals.