Voting At 18 Years Old Essay

Voting at 16/17 Years Old

Have you ever thought what it would be like if teens around the age of 16 or 17 years old can vote. Well that is an interesting question that you must consider. Voting is the most important thing in the US because of why it is done. Voting is basically done to make something legal but most importantly to choose the next president. In this case, choosing the next president is very important because it decides the future for the country. Over the years there has always been the same rule and that is that only adults 18 years of age and older are allowed to vote and that is because they are more capable of making a good decision and that is not always the case. But what would happen if 16 and 17 year olds were allowed

18 year olds are making a big transition from depending on their parents for everything to now having to depend on themselves. This means finding a job, going to college on your own, planning to get your own place sometime, making important decisions that would benefit your future and so on. Annys Shin also has a similar point in her article that states, “many of the teens are in the midst of leaving their childhood homes.” Similarly to what I said, teens have way too much pressure when the time comes to become independent. When I leave high school, I am not really going to focus on anything political to be quite honest with you and this is why. As I transition from highschool to college, I am going to have way more responsibilities than the mini ones I had when I was in highschool. The two key responsibilities that I will have and focus on entirely are getting a job in order to help my dad out economically and going to college in order to make a better future for myself. I am not going to care on who is president because no president will be able to stop me from doing what I have to do or close any doors on me. Not even Donald Trump because first of all I have laws that protect