The Influence Of Voting

Should voting be lowered to age 16? It’s 2016 and we are well into the presidential election. The main candidates are Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Many are finding this election to be a particularly hard one due to the fact that both people aren’t very liked. Not only are they finding difficulty in who to vote for, but it’s not common to hear people say the United States is screwed. It’s less than a month away from election date and we are still confused. How can we be so lost? Is there anyway to make the decision easier? Are there people who are 100% for a certain candidate, yet can’t vote. Would allowing those individuals to vote help? There are a lot of unanswered questions about this election, but the one I would like to focus on
If you answered yes, many people agree with you. Voting is a prized right here in the United States and everyone should have a chance to participate. Currently the earliest you can vote is at the age of 18. Seems pretty legit considering it’s the age you become an “adult” why not add voting to the list of things you can do in your country. Even better, why not just change voting to 16. You are already practically an adult. Voting age hasn’t always been at the age of 18, it used to be 21. I know insane right! Not only did everyone have to wait to drink legally, they also had to wait to vote. Sounds like a terrible time to be alive. The 26th Amendment, which was passed by Congress March 23, 1971 and ratified July 1, 1971 made it so finally all of those mature mini adults could voice their opinion through the right to vote. Even after such a change people are still not happy. They once again want to extend voting to teenagers as early as the age of 16. Wow what’s next your neighborhood
It scares me to imagine myself voting already or the people I knew voting. You constantly hear news about some teen who was in a car crash or murdered someone. People are too unpredictable. Yes, I get that some people may be ready to vote even before 16, but should the chance of having unprepared people voting be taken? If someone is super excited to vote and knows exactly what they will do why is waiting a few years that big of a deal. Let’s bring it back to the very informative article on fairvote.org. Along with the culture they also said that it’s unfair for people who aren’t 18 by the time it’s time to vote so voting at 16 is the solution. Don’t believe me? “ It’s also a matter of fairness: when unable to vote until turning 18, some citizens won’t have a chance to vote for their mayor until they are almost 22.” Changing the age to 16 doesn’t solve this problem at all. There could still be people in the same situation. There will always be people who won’t make the cut at 16 or 18. Life just isn’t