I'm tired of seeing college towns like Provo in Republican states like Utah go 80% Democrat. This is all due to the illegal liberal idoctrination that taxpayer-funded professors give. Columbus, OH, Bloomington, IN the list goes on and on.
2006-09-27 10:37:27 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yeah I think the voting age should be raised to 21 and so should the age for drafting. I'm 18 years old and I wouldnt trust my peers to vote for our next president.
I dont see what you're complaining about though, republicans are running the white house and congress right now. Hopefully it wont stay that way...
2006-09-27 10:42:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If it is raised to 21 it should definitely not be for the purpose of eliminating a certain constituency out of the voting pool. When I started reading your question I thought you were going ot say something like "the average American teen is just not informed enough at 18 to vote," which I would agree with. However, just because they don't agree with you does not give you the right to eliminate their voting rights. But then again, you so beautifully portrayed what the current administration has been doing since it got in office and what they will attempt to do until they leave.
2006-09-27 10:43:45 · answer #2 · answered by ray_hilton717 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not as long as you support sending these young people over to fight YOUR wars.
It sounds like what you have a problem with isn't the age of voters but how they are voting...has it occured to you that college towns may be more liberal because of a different generational ethic rather than indoctrination (or, as you say, "idoctrination")?
2006-09-27 10:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by Lizzi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You've GOT to be kidding. There's no good evidence that many of these kids even vote. Be happy if the ones in college towns have a higher turnout than elsewhere. Maybe they'll develop the habit of voting.
2006-09-27 10:40:36 · answer #4 · answered by Dave 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you Republicans need to get over yourselves and accept change. It was people like you who gave us war by voting for Bush. By the way, I am 21 and a female Democrat.
2006-09-27 10:46:49 · answer #5 · answered by Andrea 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What does that have do with if someone can vote at 18 or not? If someone can join the army at 18 let them vote at 18.
and if they don't want to vote then don't make the.
2006-09-27 10:39:33 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In light of the absence of a military draft, the raising of the drinking age and the demonstrated lack of knowledge by young Americans, I would think it would be a good idea.
2006-09-27 10:41:02 · answer #7 · answered by LoneStar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm tired of Bush ruining our country. I still want the Law to be 18. Nobody is going to go amend the constitution.
2006-09-27 10:40:32 · answer #8 · answered by And For A Moment I Am Happy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, but let's raise the military age to 21 too so that you must be 21 in order to be killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, ok?
2006-09-27 10:39:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So, you want to amend the constitution and change the voting age, for the sole purpose of eliminating a large specific contingent of voters who are voting the way that you don't like?
Why not just eliminate voting all together.
2006-09-27 10:38:48 · answer #10 · answered by coragryph 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋