Maturity

This is the same argument that was previously used against allowing the under 30’s 30s to vote, allowing the working class to vote, then allowing women the vote in the 1920’s, 1920s and then to ague argue against lowering the voting age to 21, and then to 18. Today, most would think it to be highly immoral to prevent any of these groups from voting. It is equally immoral to prevent 16 and 17-year-olds from having a say in who should represent them.

Quite simply, 16-year-olds generally do not have the necessary political maturity or knowledge to cast a well informed vote.