To Vote The voting age has been a topic of controversy for many generations. What gender votes, what race votes, how to vote, where to vote, and who to vote for are all questions that have generated debate. Many of these continue to be asked during every election. An additional question that is being posed in current elections is at what age one should be allowed to vote. The voting age has become an increasing relevant topic due to an increase in countries lowering their voting age. Countries that
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
when you felt that you never had a say in society? If so, there is a way to change that. Legal Voting age should be lowered to the age of 16. There has never been a greater time to change the legal voting age to 16. How come we let unknowledgable adults vote, but not smart and engaged teens? Teen voices tend to get blocked out while the adults get to speak freely. If we as a society change our voting age to 16, many positive events will occur. For example, Voter turnout will increase, teens will
than the debate on voting age and if modifications should be made. Minimum voting age can be argued as the most effective way to ensure a sufficiently adroit electorate. However even if voting was lowered to a particular age, this would not affect the outcome of voter turn-out, considering the many other age groups choosing not to vote, or even non-resident/citizens being restricted to this opportunity for that matter. With respect to this, a person in favour of keeping the voting age where it is at
THE VOTING AGE How did the senators and the mayors of each state rose to their power? It all came from the power of the citizens, and that is to vote. Voting is one of the rights given to us from the law. In the course of history, several reforms were made about the age limit of voting until it was limited to eighteen years of age. However, there has been a lot of arguments recently about lowering the voting age further to sixteen. According to the first article, the voting age should be
The Voting Age Must be Lowered for Democracy to Exist in America Imagine for a moment that senior citizens were denied the right to vote. Imagine senior citizens being thought of as too incompetent to vote because some senior citizens are senile. Can you imagine such a large percentage of the American public being denied the right to vote – simply on account of their age? It cannot happen in America, right? Not in a free country, a country where the people control the government, not the other
The voting age in America has always been an issue since the beginning of the country. At first, it started at 21 but many years later was lowered down to 18. In her article “Takoma Park 16-year old Savors His History Making Moment at the Polls” Annys Shin explains the viewpoints of lowering the voting age to 16. This would be a good policy to adopt because the current voting age minimum produces little voters, the age of 16 would be a more effective time to teach young adults about voting, and would
be talking to you about whether or not the voting age should be lowered to 16. I strongly believe that it should not be lowered to 16 because 16 and 17-year-olds lack political knowledge and engagement,
When it comes to lowering or keeping the voting age at 18, I am usually neutral about it. if I had to choose I don't see the harm in lowering the voting age. In America the people who usually vote are the elderly, lowering the voting age may help to balance it out because many young people don't have a say in certian outcomes with voting. There were a lot of predictions about lowering the age to 18 that all turned out to be untrue. While there are only 38% of voter aged from 18 to 24 that voted in
Some countries and states think voting age should be lowered. It a certain age in the United States to vote it was 21 then it went down to 18 years old. Since the voting age has been lower before it can be lower again. They want to go further and change the voting age to 16 years old. In recent years, the issue about voting age has been talked about in some countries and states. Some people think the voting age shouldn’t be lowered because they think kids that 16 years old don’t know nothing
When you look back and think about the general voting age for people, it’s usually people who are older, not the young 18-year olds. This may be why many people think that letting teens, who are 16 or 17-years old, vote won’t make a difference in the political spectrum. Many people think that teens are inexperienced and won’t understand what they are voting for. Politicians say that there won’t be a better turnout just because we let teens voting. However, teens in the country want to have a say
Lowering the Voting Age Everyone reaches the point in their life when they turn sixteen. Turning sixteen brings on new responsibilities and freedoms, such as, driving and working a job. It also comes along with growing into adulthood, taking care of oneself and figuring out how to survive in the real world. Despite the level of maturity it takes to handle becoming an adult, apparently sixteen year olds still do not have enough maturity to vote. At this age teens also become more aware of politics
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
Minimum Voting Age: Should it be lowered? Have you ever wanted to do something that you felt was important and could change the world around you, but it was just out of your reach? Many teenagers feel this way about voting. The minimum voting age should be lowered to 16 instead of 18 because if you are old enough to get a job, be a primary caregiver, and pay taxes you should be considered eligible to vote. (Gillespie) While many believe that 16 is too young to make a big decision like this, young
mature enough to make important decisions such as voting. Most countries around the world have established a voting age. Voting is a topic of heated debate in the United States because there are many democrats and republicans that their beliefs contradict each other. In the United States the minimum age to vote has became eighteen years old. When the right to vote rose the voting age was normally set at twenty-one, or even older. In 1970s the voting age was lessen to eighteen in many countries. There
New Age Voting The government of the United States of America is founded upon the Constitution, written by our forefathers to create a working democracy incapable of transforming into a monarchy. Basic human rights were established, and power, although little, was given to each individual. The power given to the people can also be referred to as a voice, and in the election system we use, we call this voice a vote. This country fought for and gained its independence from injustices placed
Should voting age be lowered to 13 I never vote for anyone. I always vote against. - William Claude Dukenfield. So what is voting? Voting occurs when there is referendum or an election. When voting in an election, you are deciding who you would like to become a politician and representative depending on the views of citizens when decisions are made. Voting in a referendum is different, because you are helping the Government to decide on doing or not a very important event. For instant, in B.C. there
Lower the Voting Age Imagine a world where no one was free, where you had to follow a strict schedule made by someone else, you had to follow their rules and you could never express yourself or your own opinions. Do you want that? I don’t. I want to be able to be able to vote at 16. Everyone at 18 can vote but it is an unfair rule and the voting age should be lowered to 16.They would have more freedom at a younger age, there would be a larger political view, and there would be more diverse votes
The voting age shouldn’t be lowered to thirteen because they're not responsible enough they don’t know what’s going on in life say for instance they probably don’t know what’s a democrat or a republican. Another reason is that there’s been 100,000 people under 13 or 16 that tried to get the right to vote it was denied because the people that runs it didn’t want them to vote because they're too young to understand what’s going on in life. Mr Tully said that “we must get our young involved at an early
Should The Voting Age Be Lowered Doesn’t most people not even vote over things, like a president or laws. If lowering the age to vote also give kids a voice in political issues. Is it fair to only people over 18 be able to vote, when kids are the next generation to live with these laws? Some laws have really affected a lot of kids in the United States, but today they still can’t have a big voice of what they have to say. If the voting age was lowered kids can have a voice about political issues