The Voting Age Should Stay At 18

We as young Americans need to be aware of this controversy in order to speak out about it when the time comes. We can see the reasons for why changing the voting age is disastrous, my advice would be to continue to educate yourself about the politics that run our country. Because there are many people out there who want the age changed, so we should all be keeping a careful eye out in the political world if Twenty-Sixth Amendment is endangered, so we can be there to protect the right that has helped us for

For many teenagers in the United States their 16th birthday is an important milestone. This is the age that teenagers begin to integrate more into society as they begin to drive and experience new levels of freedom. As 16 is the usual minimum age for employment in most industries some teens even get jobs for personal reason or to benefit their household. The minimum age to acquire a driver's licence should not increase to 18 as younger teens will not be able to help provide for their families with current public transportation methods in the United States.

The voting age should be increased to 19 or 21 years of age. Most 18 year olds have just graduated or are still in highschool, so many of them are immature,and lack life experience. In addition, many 18 year olds do not have a plan(s) after high school, so if they can’t make a decision about their future what makes people think that they can make an informed decision about the future of the country. However, there are some states like Ohio that are allowing seventeen year olds to vote in primaries.

British dramatist Shakespeare once said that there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes. Through the ages, controversies about voting age have not quieted down, and there are more and more different opinions about voting age like it should increase to 21, or it should decrease to 17 or 16, even 13. Like a coin has two sides, each opinion has both advantages and disadvantages. In my opinion, I prefer the voting age to be 18 in the United States. Teenagers who are 18 years old are independent enough to make their own decisions, and they should have the vote right as other adults do.

I think that the voting age should stay at 18. I think this because when you’re 18, you know more

After reading both articles on the voting age, I believe the age should remain 18. I dont think changing the age will help with the voting turnout if anything it will hurt it.

Young adult voting in the US was at 16% in 2014. Now, about 60% of all eligible voters turn out for presidential elections and even less for other elections. If the voting age were raised then, there would be even fewer people voting in elections. For this and more, I do not believe that the voting age should be raised to 21.

The current minimum age for voting, 18 years old, isn't a very good time to start allowing people to vote. When people turn 18, they have plenty of things to worry about. They're (hopefully) moving out of their childhood homes, and they're (probably) going into college. How does that affect their abilities to vote? Well, people are less likely to vote when their lives are disrupted. Eighteen-year-olds have a lot of things

In my position I agree to lower the age of voting to 16-17 years old because it can raise up the percentage of voting. Many people are not voting because they don't believe it can help them and their community also with the support from 16-17 years old, it can show a huge difference on how the votes are increasing little by little. Also it can gives them experience on what's the voting like. Once they get older, they will know what to do because they registered the vote in an

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

We should be focusing more on voter participation rather than the percentage of population registered to vote. There are many factors that would increase voter turnout in America, but lowering the voting age is not one of them. In 2012 the U.S. Census Bureau reported that only 38% of voters age 18-24 actually voted.

I agree that the voting age should be lowerd to the age of 16.Simply because they do have mature 16 year olds.To me it's like the passage says "There is nothing magical about the age 18." In my opinion ,if they are allowing 16 year olds to complete high early, that shows that they have the brains to know who to vote for obviously. I've seen most 16 year olds in this generation willing to want to vote than the older generation. So I think the age should be lowerd to those 16 year olds whom have completed high school though. If many countries have already done so, then I think this is the one time America should also follow.I think the turnout would be more higher if the age was lowered.Another thing I agree with from the passage is that "Lowering

Today I will be writing about why I believe the voting age should be lowered. People all over the US have had very mixed feelings about this law. Many people disagree, and state that the voting age should actually be higher than it is now. Others strongly disagree and think it should be lowered, I am one of those other people. No matter how you feel about this, as an American, as a person, you have the right to an opinion. Many people state that allowing people under the age of 16 to vote would lower the voting rate, I politely disagree. Allowing even more people to vote is not going to lower the rate of voters. It is only logical, in my opinion, that it would increase

It is important that the voting age stays the same. People should care what decisions are made and by who. The main reasons why the voting age should stay the same are immaturity. The voters would not know what the topic is on. The voters would not be able to provide their own transportation. The voting age should stay the

Not only that there are over 1.5 million 16 and 17 year olds in the UK. These young students are knowledgeable and passionate about the world in which they live, and are as capable of engaging in the democratic system as any other citizen. The gift of voting is in fact a fundamental human right. Because of this law the reasons for not allowing people to vote have to be fair and balanced and not letting 16 or 17 year olds not to vote especially is if they’re capable is highly unfair. Other countries have given their young people the right to vote. Currently you can vote at 16 if you live; on the Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey; live in Austria; live in Nicaragua, Brazil or Ecuador; live in Germany; live in Hungary and meet certain criteria; live in Slovenia and are employed; live in Argentina; live in Scotland.