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What was the main cause for reducing the legal voting age to 18?
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What was the main cause for reducing the legal voting age to 18?

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The voting age was decreased from 21 to 18 because it was thought this would lead to less protesting by students. Before the age was lowered, there were young men being drafted, but they were not old enough to vote.
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