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    you turn eighteen you don't know what you want to do with your life, let alone vote for someone to run the country. The voting age should stay at eighteen because we're suppossed to be adults at that time. A sixteen year old has no care in the world at that point in their life. If we lower the voting age it could cause many issues for our country. Lowering the voting age won't do anything but cause damage to our government. Only fifty one percent of people voted in nineteen forty eight. In

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    After reviewing the two articles, it is clear that the voting age in the United States is up for discussion. However, the best supporting article is the one stating that the voting age should remain as is. Recently, some people seem to believe that lowering the voting age from eighteen to sixteen could help improve our voting system. However, for several reasons, this idea would only put a damper on our political system. As stated in the article, our only goal should be to higher our voter

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    lowering the age of voting, I feel as if this would benefit America and the younger generation. It would help the percentage of participation from all age groups, in a positive way. Meaning parents can bring their children to vote alongside of them. Secondly, if the age group was lowered it would allow children at the age of 16 to become more interested in the political aspects of the country. For example, parents would be able to educate their children on the importance of voting, explaining

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    Lowering the voting age will be a great benefit to the United States and 16-year olds have a better understanding about the system than 18-year olds due to the education they are receiving making them a little more mature to make the right decision to vote. The benefits of reducing the age to 16 are the advantages teens get of learning how the voting system functions at an early age. Lowering the voting age is a very argumental subject but teens will become more interested in voting since it will

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    “Voting is such a poll that could be an ideal way to stimulate real debate about young people's engagement in politics.” (Fact). This quote allows young voters to see how effective voting is for EVERYONE! Why is the voting age 18? “In 1971 the 26th amendment to the U.S Constitution lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.” How come we can’t make a difference and reduce the voting age? In the constitution, it is stated that everyone is treated equally regardless of race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation

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    the voting age is, that they should leave it at 18, because if they lower the age to 16 many young people dont care about voting ,or they have no knowledge about who to vote for, they are just going to vote randomly, with out knowing who is the perfect candidate. I think that the best way to increse the percentage of voters is by allowing people to vote from home, or having alot of voting places, because most of the people dont like to go far,or like to be in crowded places, leaving the age at 18

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    vote; it has a sense of empowerment—the power of voting bears within itself the power of change. With a government representing the views and will of the people, voters possess a significant responsibility that is capable of impacting the nation as a whole; but when misused or mishandled, can result in undesired repercussions. In many countries, youth are granted the ability to vote at the age of 18. However, the question of whether the voting age should be reduced to 16 has been debated nationwide

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    There have recently been discussions about whether or not the voting age should be lowered from 18 to16. Some argue it would increase voter turnout. I do not believe it would. I also feel that 16 years old is too young to make such important decisions. At 16 many teenagers are not concerned with politics. They are still in the "that has nothing to do with me" mindset. Teens tend to not look past the next social event or school football game far enough to care or learn about the impact their

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    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.

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    What if you had another privilege besides getting your driver's licence at the age of 16? No, not getting to drink legally at the age of 16…... how about the privilege of voting at the age of 16. The voting age should be lowered to 16.. Because, of cold cognitive abilities,voting at 16,and contributing to the economy. It’s also thought that lowering the limit will encourage civic-mindedness at an earlier age and establish an interest in the political system, which will be continued throughout

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