Wouldn’t you love to vote at the age of sixteen-year-olds instead of eighteen? You would actually get a say for who gets to become president. A lot of people say that when you’re sixteen you are too young to vote because you aren’t educated enough. Although, a lot sixteen-year-olds say they should be allowed to vote. The polls would increase by a lot too if sixteen through seventeen year olds could vote also. According to debatewise.org
“If you can die for your country, get married, and pay taxes you should have the right to indicate your feelings towards the government.” Lowering the voting age is good for these three reasons. In America, turning sixteen is a really big deal. You throw big parties, have a sweet sixteen, maybe get a car. Why is turning sixteen so important though? When you reach the age sixteen you are allowed to join the army, get married, start to pay taxes and you are able to work without any restriction of hours. If you are old enough to do all of those things you should be aloud to vote for your country. In order to learn how to drive you have
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They might say that sixteen through seventeen year olds may not be educated enough. If anything sixteen is a great age to start voting. It’s right when you start learning about politics. As you get older you tend to forget things, so it’s better to vote when you are sixteen because the knowledge is fresh in your mind. When you are at the age of sixteen you are stable. When you are eighteen you are out looking for a home to live or going off to college. They have better things to think about than politics in their mind. With the recent presidential election people have been complaining about Donald Trump becoming president, if sixteen through seventeen year olds were allowed to vote then Hillary probably would have won. If you check on an all the social media then you’ll see that most of the teenagers have strong opinions and are with
In chapter one, Wattenberg discusses the declining trends of Americans who regularly read newspapers between the 1960’s and present day. This can be attributed the aging patterns among generations who frequently read newspapers as well as with the use of technology rising. Reading the newspaper is a habit that either is or is not developed by the time one reaches voting age. With this, newspapers have become an older generation’s primary source of information, however, are still the best source for political matters. Younger generations tend to be more computer literate and have grown up with television and media more accessible to them than the previous generation. These trends not only reflect in American culture, but in other countries worldwide such as Italy, and Germany. Quoting a 2003 fox news interview of President Bush, Wattenberg illustrates the vast decline of newspaper consumption; even the U.S. President isn’t reading newspapers (11). Using tables throughout chapter one to illustrate the drastic differences within the last 50 years, the author exemplifies a 35% point decrease from 1957 to 2004. He speculates that perhaps young adults don’t like to read, but proves that is not the case as surveys have shown that education levels have risen overall, and access to books and reading has also increased over the years; thereby concluding that young people read, but do not typically read the newspaper. While there are several newspaper websites available, young adults do not frequently read those websites either. Although TV news information is not as detailed as it is in newspapers, young people have an ability to make up for their disinterest in newspapers by watching the news headlines (30). Chapter one makes a strong case...
... equal system. The lower age could also encourage and interest youth much more in political processes and parties as now they would actually be able to impact the way they are governed and who is governing them. Politics would be much more noticeable in schools and the general knowledge of politics and the political process would drastically increase. The youth would also be more likely to develop earlier the skills and potentials needed in later life politically and even socially. In conclusion when all is said and done I, personally would like to say the voting age lowered to sixteen for many of the reasons above. There will be many people opposing this movement but I think it is time for the youth of Canada to be heard and if they wish they should have the opportunity to vote and express their opinions and choices.
In “You’re 16, You’re Beautiful and You’re a Voter,” author Anya Kamenetz states her belief that the voting age should be lowered to sixteen. Kamenetz gives several premises to her argument.
As becoming the age of 18, people has the chance to start voting. People 18-24 have a lower percentage of voting than other ages. This is because the youth vote has changed over time and the reasons why the youth vote doesn’t want to vote. I will vote in the upcoming elections when I turn of
Many young adults and college educators argue that the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) should be lowered but I disagree. I don’t think that lowering the legal drinking age would be a good idea because alcohol is one of the main causes of deaths among young adults and also affects their academic performance. Lowering the legal age of drinking will just be a huge mistake. The government should instead raise it higher than 21 or enforce the MLDA more.
All of these reasons are why the legal voting age should not be lowered to thirteen; they don’t know any of the issues they’d be voting on, they are emotionally immature, and their frontal lobes that determine their decision-making is not entirely developed. Teens do not know about citizenship. They are young enough to where they make emotional decisions not logical one's, but they do deserve some representation in government. Voting age is an issue as old (or maybe as young?) as time. It is within the nation’s best interests to keep it where it is,
Lowering the voting age is better for Democrats. Some experts even say that lowering the voting age might even lower the proportion of young voters that vote for Democrats” (Lee). Democracy can benefit from a larger, more electorate. Democrats would have more percent of the 16-year-old voting for them and the Republicans would have less percent of the 16-year-old voting for them (Brodey). Democrats basically have more of a chance to win than the Republicans if 16 year olds were able to vote.
To lower the voting age only seems like a good idea. "According to a U.S. Census Bureau report, only 38% of voters in the 18 - 24 age group voted in 2012". "In 2012, 62% of the youngest voters showed disinterest in the political process by not voting". Having younger voters would be beneficial as long as, we can have better turnouts. America ranks at the bottom of developed nations in turnout. If we can't even get the legal aged citizens to vote, How do we expect to get younger people to? One would think that pushing the headline that " Your vote matters." , would drive everyone to make a change. To have there voice heard. I unfortunately can't see a good enough reason to not give our young ones a chance to make a difference. "Austria, One
Keeping the voting age at eighteen is better because most people are grown up by that age. People that are eighteen and older know things about politics. Eighteen and older are more reliable then younger people in this world. People that are eighteen and older can think like adults if they put there minds to it.
What is your opinion on lowering the voting age? I personally think that lowering the voting age is not a good idea. First of all, I believe that a certain level of responsibility comes with being able to vote. Futhermore, most of our younger voters now do not even bother to vote. Lastly, we should focus more on how to increase voting in our eligible voters , and less on lowering the age limit.
When voting in an election, you are deciding who you would like to become a politician and representative depending on the views of citizens when decisions are made. Voting in a referendum is different, because you are helping the Government to decide on doing or not a very important event. For instant, in B.C. there was a vote for new Metro Vancouver tax, transit improvements. Voting is our opportunity to decide who will be the best people to make decisions for us. These people become the government. We can choose who becomes a politician because we live in a democracy meaning, the people who live in a country get to decide who runs the country. Politicians must listen to the peoples opinion because if he doesn’t the people might try to throw that politician down. Voting is very important to a country’s living, and I think voting age should not be lowered to the age of thirteen.
Everyone has the right to vote, or not to vote in the years we live today. People decide whether they wish to participate in the nation’s future or just walk aimlessly and allow it to take its own path. Over decades, centuries, our country continued growing but just recently did it allow all to vote as long as they call this nation home. Run-on Sentence: Over decades, centuries, our country continued growing, but just recently did it allow all to vote as long as they call this nation home. However, large amounts of people still do not vote in any politics. Today everyone should understand what differences a vote could make like what can happen, why it matters, and benefits of voting.
They say that the voting age should be lowered to the age of 16 like Scotland. Some people are not agreed about it, however, I think that it should be lowered. People who agree with this and I think that sixteen year-olds are citizens too, and they do the exact same thing as other young adults that government expects them to do. The other reason is their age is unique and have different ideas.
I believe, in this day and time; a sixteen year olds mind, knowledge, and the seriousness of voting is not what we need at this time.I believe it is hard enough for this generation, to add more on them. We as America, need to hold ourselves more accountable.
During World War 2, president Franklin D. Roosevelt lowered the minimum military drafting age to 18 which at the time the legal voting age was 18. I believe the voting age should be lowered to 14 so that teens can dabble in the government early before they are drafted into the military at 18. Many teens, including me have a very strong interest in politics. Not being able to vote really disappoints us on the fact that we like somebody, but can’t support them by voting. Teens at ages such as 14, 15, 16, and 17 want to have the same independence in their choice in the future of this country that their parents and fellow citizens have. Teens deserve the right to have the freedom of choosing their future and should be allowed to express their freedom of speech and opinion through voting for their future