The Voting Age

Supporters of the current voting age argue that American teens are politically unstable and immature. Rather than immaturity, the turnout at the polls serves as a far more important aspect of the voting identity. As for America, the more people that vote, the better, simply because it’s a more well rounded faceoff and that way the winning opposer is fairly given the presidency off of a higher sample size. Let’s put this in perspective: You’re in a classroom and you have finished a book. You have 16 students in that class and there is a vote whether you want to conduct an essay or a test. 13 students decide not to vote. That leaves you with a 3 student vote which decides the result for the whole class. If more people vote, it will be an averaged

Nowadays in the classrooms, social studies class gives an unbiased perspective on the current day politics, which should ensure that the American students are well-taught on our current society and the governmental actions that surround it. According to the Economist, “those who do not take it (voting) young may never start. That could lead to ever-lower participation rates in decades to come.” Basically, this says that if teenagers do not start voting at a younger age, then they will feel as if voting isn’t one-hundred percent necessary, although the importance of voting skyrockets yearly. Although some argue that lowering the voting age is a question of maturity, others suggest more pivotal dangers, like the drop in voting numbers. To explain this further, in this same article, it describes the consistency of a drop in percentage of teenagers voting, and an increase in the over 65 voting percentage. The quote is as follows: “Turnout of American voters under 25 at presidential elections fell from 50% in 1972 to 38% in 2012; among over-65s it rose from 64% to 70%” The point that is being made is that the possible lack of maturity is of the contrary when you think about the future, and it’s possible unfortunate