Persuasive Essay: Lowering The Voting Age

Lower the Voting Age Imagine a world where no one was free, where you had to follow a strict schedule made by someone else, you had to follow their rules and you could never express yourself or your own opinions. Do you want that? I don’t. I want to be able to be able to vote at 16. Everyone at 18 can vote but it is an unfair rule and the voting age should be lowered to 16.They would have more freedom at a younger age, there would be a larger political view, and there would be more diverse votes.

I think lowering the voting age to 16 will help teenagers feel more free. A lot of people want the voting age to be lowered because if 16 year old’s can drive, can join military forces, and have to pay taxes then they should be able to vote. Also the National Youth Rights Association said, “ Youth

I know a lot of 13-14 year olds political views and I’ve heard a lot of very “different” and interesting views on who they would vote for if they could vote at that age or in the next election. One way this reason could be countered is saying that 16 year olds are not mature enough to vote, and do not have a reasonable political view. But that is not true, along with the weird and political views I do not believe in, there are some very strong and nice ones that are very convincing and also, do you need to be mature to vote? Hear me out, if you believe in a view of yours, if it’s not “mature” that doesn’t mean that it might not be a valid reason to vote for that person, but it is their opinion and they are entitled to that one. And the National Youth Right Association also said that; If we let dumb adults vote, why not let smart youth vote? Not all youth is immature or dumb and at most times, they can be smarter than adults. Think about this, what if we do let 16 year olds vote, they can be an amazing change in the voting standards, and can turn a vote from one candidate to