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should the voting age be lowered? Why? this isn't really a assignment its a survey so if 4 people can do this thanks​

User Joseph Erickson
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I believe it would be unnecessary and even unwise to lower the voting age. I think this because in some areas, the common voting age is 18. If the voting age were to be lowered, it would dip into the minor age range and people may not understand what each party does and their goals. In addition, it would mean that people who don't exactly know what's going on would either be swayed by family's opinions or they would be blindly voting. This could mean that sixteen and seventeen year olds, who are voting blindly and biased, may not pick a candidate that, had they been able to understand, they agree with. Finally, if people under the age of eighteen, think sixteen and seventeen, are voting, they're not completely matured yet and they may tip the scales toward a candidate who may not be qualified for the job.

On a kind of personal note, I say this because if I were to vote, I probably would randomly pick or not pick at all because I wouldn't know what each party's goals were.

AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO BE POLITICAL. THIS IS ONLY MY UNPOLITICAL AND UNBIASED OPINION.

Hope this helps! :)

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