16 yr olds would mess up the country. If the voting age changed, people who wouldn’t be in power will probably will make it to power. The voting age of 18 should not be changed to 16.
People at age 16 have no political interest most of the time. They wouldn’t vote anyway due to the lack of knowledge. The percentage of voters then will decrease even more due to a larger voting population, but the same amount of voters. This means voting will not change, so there is no point of changing it.
Another problem may arise of the younger ones is that they only vote to vote. Due to lack of knowledge of politics, most of the younger people won’t have a preferred candidate. They still might vote, though, just because they can. This might cause the wrong …show more content…
16 yr olds are not mature enough to have this type of responsibility.
Changing the age would only illude us from finding an actual solution to lower voting percentages. The real problem with voting is that people don’t vote, not that the voting age is too old. If people don’t want to vote, changing the voting age won’t make them want to. There are other solutions to the problem of low voting percentages, like requiring people to vote. This may not be a good solution, but it is better than lowering the voting age. We are already making progress towards higher voting percentages with our Internet voting. If people could vote anytime, anywhere, this could solve the problem of low voting percentages, but lowering the voting age would not.
Some people claim lowering the voting age will help, but in reality it won’t. They say that it will increase younger voters. But 16 yr olds aren’t going to vote without a knowledge of politics. They also claim that the country needs more voters. The problem with that is you are putting the responsibility of much greater power than 16 yr olds can handle into their hands. Who knows what they’ll do with it!
The voting age should remain how it is. Lowering it won’t increase voting percentages. It also could put leaders who shouldn’t be in power in power. There are other solution to the