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.

I personally don't have much political experience because my parents don't vote. Therefore I don't really care much about voting. If kids aren't exposed to politics or informed on why they should vote then I don't believe decreasing the voting age will make much of a difference. If 18-year-olds do not have a high number of votes I don't see how kids younger than that would make a difference. I don't believe lowering the age is solution to increases voters. I think we should focus more on teaching the importance of voting and why it makes a difference so that when they do turn 18 they will understand why they should vote and by understanding that I believe they will be more likely to

A proposal has been presented to increase voter turnout by lowering the minimum voting age from eighteen to seventeen years old. The younger voters will be able to vote on local offices but not national level offices. Allowing seventeen year olds to vote would not be fair because they would only be able to vote for local offices not the national offices. If the voting age is going to be reduced to seventeen why not allow them to vote for the national level issues such as president. This change in the minimum voting age would not be effective because the voters would rather vote for national issues as opposed to local candidates which they are not able to do. The change in voting age is very unnecessary because there are not many eighteen year

The U.S. needs new fresh minds with everyone they can to vote for our laws. It is unfair for the people that are going to turn 18 while the president is serving without any say in the president that they may strongly disagree with. I believe that the national voting age in the U.S. should be lowered due to the facts that we are required to follow the laws that we have no say in, we have adult responsibilities without the same rights, and there will also be a higher-voting turnout.

The controversy over lowering the voting age is a difficult one. While lowering the voting age will increase the number of voters, it is not guaranteed to increase the percentage of participation. We must also consider the fact that younger voters tend not to vote. Another concern is the involvement of young adults ages 16-18 in politics. It is not common that these teens follow politics and think about who would be a good leader for their country. Lowering the voting age most likely will not help to improve voter turnout or participation or turnout. We need to work toward increasing the participation of the existing voters.

Recently, there was an article about decreasing the voting age by 2 years. Lowering the voting age to 16 would be a mistake for maturaty reasons.

Recent studies have shown that voting rates amongst youths ages 18 to 24 have seen a decrease from 50.9 percent in 1964 to an all time low of 38.0 percent in 2012 (Young-Adult Voting: An Analysis of Presidential Elections, 1964–2012, www.census.gov). The recent record breaking decline in political participation amongst young adults can be linked to the overwhelming media portrayals of government, political issues being aimed towards older citizens, and the lack of information on the importance of voting made available to lower education students. The constant slew of information

In the most recent election in 2016 only 59% of Americans voted. Many people today see this as a major issue; however, a major argument has risen on how to solve this problem. One of the solutions that have been considered is lowering the voting age to 16 to get younger Americans votes. However many Americans think that this is crazy to allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote. The clear and only answer to this contentious question is that 16 and 17 year olds should not be able to vote. As stated before 16 and 17 year olds should not be allowed to vote because sixteen and seventeen year olds are not mature enough, their opinions can be easily swayed or changed based on what others think, and they are not educated enough on politics in order to vote.

The legal age to vote should be maintained and not lowered below age of 18. Our government should not be decided by the immature youth they are not capable of such a important dession that will effect the entire country. People below the legal age of 18 are restricted from doing many things because they are still developing and immature. The voting age should not change to attemp to increase voting numbers.

Since the 26th Amendment granting 18-year-olds the right to vote four decades ago, many citizens still question the age an individual should be in order to have this right. The issue is deciding the age where an individual has developed the mental maturity and intellectual capabilities to be able to make a decision for a whole country. Although, since suffrage has been expanded through the 15th, 19th, and 26th Amendments, voter turnout continues to remain lower than it was in 1800s. Many who are granted this right to vote do not fulfill their civic responsibility, and this is especially seen among young teens. Teenages are barely starting at life, and don’t have enough perspective to understand the importance of voting. Sixteen and seventeen year olds therefore should not be able to vote because they don’t have enough political knowledge, have higher rates of apathy, and issues would arise in the registration process.

Although, some believe the age of 18 should be the minimum voting age, I would have to argue that the voting age should be lowered. I beleive the percentage of participation would increase during electons, if voting age is lowered. Our younger generation generates valuable opinions about presidental elections and should be alowed to vote at the age of 16. The United States would greatly benefit from lowering the voting age.

Lowering the age for voters would have a negative impact in many different catigories. Being immturity, lack of knowledge, and simply caring. The wants of teens are far different than the needs of an adult.

In this articles we have two controversis about the voting age, they are arguing if the current voting age of 18 should be maintainined or lowered. One of the articles believe that lowering the age would decrease the porcentage of participation, they propose a solution for that instead lowering the age of voting, they should allow people to vote from home, that would raise the percentage of votings. On the other hand we have the author of Lower the Voting Age's opinion, he says that lowering the voting age by two years woul have many positive results. In my opinion they sould keep the voting age at 18 because young people don't know what they want.

According to Franklin D Roosevelt, “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting”. (Brainyquote). The right to vote allows the people to have a say and a voice on society and the people who run it. However, many say young Americans do not understand or care about politics and should not have an opinion on who runs the country. Lowering the voting age to 16 in the United States will help today’s youth; 16 year olds are old enough to make educated decisions and have a strong voice on this nation’s current issues.

Voting ages should not be lowered to anybody under the age of 18 for many reasons. one because kids are immature . Second they're gullible . Third but not least because kids now a days will vote for anybody who does what they do.