Voting Age Debate

Would you trust 16 year old individuals to make decisions that would affect our entire country? 16 year olds should not be able to make these decisions for the world because of many reasons. The voting age should not be lowered to age 16. There are three main arguments that support this opinion. First, teens at the age of 16 can act immature. Most, 16 year olds can make immature choices so therefore should not have the right to vote. If the voting age is lowered to age 16 random people such as chavs will be voting (a young lower class person who displays brash behavior). They will vote for what they think is “cool” and may vote for a BNP (British National Party) without even knowing what they are doing or letting a pass go through an election- ("Should The Voting Age Be Lowered To 16?"). 16 and 17 year olds are also still learning how to drive and learn other responsibilities such as jobs, so they might not be mature enough to vote yet- (Noble). This poses a practical problem: Who or what will be deciding the “maturity”of 16 year olds? How would maturity be measured?- ("Should The Voting Age Be Lowered To 16?"). This is just one of the many arguments to
Teens are not the most interested in politics, so therefore provide low turnout. As studies show, 16 year olds usually provide low turnout at elections. Reducing the voting age will further reduce the national average turnout at elections. This matters because we don’t want our country to look bad compared to the rest- ("Should The Voting Age Be Lowered To 16?"). One organization that supports this opinion nationally, Fairvote, says it will have a, “trickle down effect”- (Davenport). Most children of this age are not likely to have found their own ideological positioning therefore do not vote- ("Should The Voting Age Be Lowered To 16?"). These are the three main reasons why the voting age shouldn’t be lowered to age