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The voting age should be reduced to 16 for all UK elections.
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No, because... Maturity
This is the same argument that was previously used against allowing the under 30s to vote, allowing the working class to vote, allowing women the vote in the 1920s and then to 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.
I am 16 and I know more about politics than any adult I know. You will say that I am in the minority but the idea that you suddenly turn 18 and are mature enough and well-informed enough to place a vote is stupid. People get engaged in politics at different ages, my mother has never developed knowledge about politics and she is now 42. Does this mean she should suddenly loose her democratic right to vote?
Quite simply, 16-year-olds generally do not have the necessary political maturity or knowledge to cast a well informed vote.
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