do u think they should lower the age for voting?and if so what should it be lowered too?please explain.?

Question

do u think they should lower the age for voting?

i think they should because we are the people of the future and we should have our say in what we want. i think it should be lowered to 16 or 17. if u get the responsiblity to
drive why not vote.everyones voice should be heard.

Answer 1

I am old enough to remember when it was lowered to 18. Till then, you had to be 21 to vote. I thought it was a good idea at that time, and I still do.

But, it's a shame, so few people between the ages of 18 and 21 actually vote!!! I have no reason to expect that 16 and 17 year olds would vote in any greater rates than their slightly older fellow citizens.

If people want to vote at a young age, prove it! Get involved. Volunteer for a political campaign. Get involved in some political cause. I don't see very many young people doing those things anymore.

I worked on the McGovern Campaign when I was a kid in 1972 (too young to vote.) I rang doorbells, I handed out flyers, I stuffed envelopes. Not exciting tasks. But I felt I was helping something I believed in. Even though my candidate didn't win (the first political dissapointment of many!)

If I saw more young people really taking the initiative to get involved politically, than sure, I'd be all in favor of lowering the voting age to 17 or even 16. But, sadly, that hasn't happened yet.

Answer 2

First of all, I think driving is too much of a responsibility for 16 and 17 year olds. I would like to raise the driving age to 18 or 19. As for voting, I'd like to leave it at 18, but voters should be required to take a test before voting. A test with questions involving the offices they are voting for. Half of voters don't even know who or what they're voting for.

Answer 3

When the voting age was 21 there were guys fighting and dying in Vietnam who were being denied the right to vote. Changing the age to 18 seemed only fair. What reason would there be to lower it to even younger? In most states under 18 is a minor-usually not legally able to enter into anything without a parents consent.

Answer 4

Responsible voting comes from being mature enough to understand and care about the issues, something most 16 or 17 year olds simply are not. Five year olds are also people of the future, not a very good argument. If you think learning to drive a car equates to being mature enough to make decisions about political leaders, then you have proved my point. I think that teenagers who care about politics are terrific, and they may be the politicians of our future. When they turn 18 they don't magically change into mature adults, but at least they are closer. The line has to be drawn somewhere.

Answer 5

actually the Voting age should be returned to 21. The only reason it was lowered to 18 was because of the Draft.if the government could draft men for service at 18 then they should have the right to vote.
Now that we have an all volunteer army with no draft . there is no reason to leave it at 18

Answer 6

I think the voting age should be raised to about 40. Younger people are very immature and shallow, as a rule (not all, but most), and don't pay enough attention to make an informed decision.

And those under 18 are not legally adults, and don't pay much in taxes, beyond a part-time job.

Vote for Rudy! (But only if you're at least 18!)

Answer 7

Not a chance. I think it be 18 with a high school diploma or GED or it should be raised to 25 which. Same goes for the drinking age and a driver's license.

Answer 8

No, the driving age should be raised to 18

Answer 9

No. When I was your age, I thought that too. But I was wrong. You will understand when you hit the current voting age.

Answer 10

No. MTV is expensive enough.
Politicians will run out of money if they have to make 30 second sound bites for Cartoon Network too.