Lowering the Voting Age to 16

Analysis ' of Articles on the Subject of Lowering the Voting Age to 16 A debate that has seemed to become more popular in the past couple of years is the voting age n the United States, and whether it should be lowered to 16. Many teenagers across the nation have reached out and tried to bigot to help get the subject some attention and get those in the political world talking. Many others, mostly adults, are astonished and appalled at this idea, and don 't seem to take them or the uproar towards the debate seriously. I have discovered three articles from a number of different kinds of sources on this debate. To keep it interesting, I included articles that were opposed as well as proponents lowering the voting age. These articles are called 'Top Ten Reasons for Lowering the Voting Age, ' 'Don 't Drop the Voting Age, ' and 'Maintain Our Voting Standards. ' The first article, called the 'Top Ten Reasons for Lowering the Voting Age ' was written by the National Youth Rights Association. It held some very strong, solid arguments and reasons for convincing its audience of their claim to lower the voting age to 16. It was surprising how many reasons they gave to support their views and content that they included common opposing arguments. The author also included evidence and reasoning to derail these common viewpoints on the matter. Logos was one of the most prevalent appeals used in this article, they tried to remain very logical so that their arguments were more sound and harder to prove wrong. One of the most common arguments used against lowering the voting age is that teenagers are not mature, responsible, or intelligent enough. They managed to shed some light on this common viewpoint when they proclaimed that,"Voting Rights Act of 1965 states that: 'any person who has not been adjudged an incompetent and who has completed the sixth grade in any State or territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico where instruction is carried

Cited: Ring, Michael J. "Maintain Our Voting Standards." The Tech. MIT, 21 Nov. 2000. Web. 04 Mar. 2012. . "Top Ten Reasons to Lower the Voting Age." National Youth Rights Association. National Youth Rights Association, 1998. Web. 06 Mar. 2012 . Urback, Robyn. "Don 't Drop the Voting Age." Macleans Canada. Roger Publishing Limited, 17 Dec. 2010. Web. 04 Mar. 2012.