Should Adults Be Allowed To Vote Essay

On the day of one’s 18th birthday, they become an adult with the special privilege of voting granted to them. Voting is granted at a later age in life for the exact reason that once we are older, we are more responsible and more educated on politics. If 16 and 17 year olds were granted the right to vote, they most likely wouldn’t care due to other things in their life going on, their lack of interest in politics wouldn’t excite them, and there is a possibility that they can taint the voting outcome, which is why they shouldn’t be allowed to vote at their age. At the ages of 16-17, students usually have a lot going on in their life. For example, if my peers were given the right to vote at their age now (16-17), they would barely have time to even think about spending a day to vote due

Politics doesn’t typically excite the average teen due to the fact that adults are only granted the right to vote and participate.Since is has been the responsibility for an adult to vote, the idea of voting is ultimately irrelevant to 16-17 year olds and they will most likely keep the same mindset since we are so used to the adults voting, which makes no difference in participation if teens were given the right to vote now. Ben Miller, a resident of Takoma Park, where teens were given the right to vote stated that he had no burning issues motivating him to vote. However, he is one of few teens who has “politically active parents” making him somewhat interested in politics, but not many teens discuss politics with their parents which creates no interest or desire on the topic. Due to the fact that not many teens are surrounded or sparked by the topic of politics while growing up makes voting for them somewhat useless if they aren’t interested in getting involved at their