Should Voting Age Be Allowed To Vote Essay

A group of sixteen and seventeen year olds walk down the street, their shoes tapping against the concrete having a lively conversation about who they’re voting for in the presidential election. A few adults were walking down the street, and as they pass the group, they catch snippets of their conversation. The teens were talking about who they’re voting for, but what they were saying were only facts that are from campaigning commercials, and it seemed that was the only place their facts were coming from. A few other reasons that the teens were listing for their vote was how the candidate looked and because it was the one their parents voted for. In this situation, it shows how the sixteen and seventeen year olds would base their decisions,

As Current Events comments, “They want a candidate to win because of style and looks rather than the candidate's ideas. Some kids only support a candidate because their parents do.” (“Current Events”). This quotation is important because it shows how the mind of a teenager functions and what they would base decisions on. The quotation proves my thesis statement because it shows how their mind works, and that it shows they make their decisions based on impulses. Ronnie Lankford believes, “According to recent studies reported in the Chicago Tribune, adolescents, defined as members of our population in the age group of 14 year olds to 18 year olds, lack a developed mindset that is necessary to make a decision based on facts.” (Lankford). This quotation is important because it shows statistics about what kind of mindset adolescents have and use. This proves my thesis statement because it states that adolescents don’t have a mindset that lets them make decisions based on facts, which shows they naturally make decisions based on their impulses. Another reason why sixteen year olds shouldn’t be able to vote is because they don’t know much about politics or the