Voting Age Argument Essay

It was 1970 when our government finally came to the realization that 18-year-olds are able to make responsible political decisions(Elections Canada, 2014). Eventually, when people do come to the realization that 16-year-olds are capable of making responsible decisions as well, there will be a dissatisfaction in the amount of elections loss of the voices of our soon to be adults. As of this moment, our government is continuing to waste time through their hesitation in further reducing the voting age to 16. Our society should stop being complacent with the number of voters there are currently and should instead focus on improving our future elections by incorporating the ideas of 16-year-olds. There are many reasons why the government should give the right for our youth to vote such as New perspectives that provide insightful and unique ideas, it’s better to have youth vote at 16 than 18 and giving the right people who already take on the responsibilities of an adult.

Bringing 16-year-olds into the election will allow for new voices and new ideas that are rarely ever considered by actual adults such as school grade education. More often than not, when a specific age group is finally given the opportunity to express their ideas towards politics they take it. In Canada, after 18-year-olds were given the eligibility to vote, in the 1972 election, voter turnout increased by approximately 2 million ballots in comparison to its previous election in 1968 (E.C 2015). By including 16-year-olds into our election, we would receive new interpretations in our elections that couldn’t be thought of by adults because the experiences they had as a 16-year-old differs from the adolescence we have