The current voting age in Canada and around the world is 18. This age is used because we leave the free school system and start giving back to society through jobs or university course fees. Many people feel that anyone younger than that cannot appreciate the subtleties of politics and will be easily swayed by what their parents think.
Is this the subtleties of politics at work?
This opinion has fallen behind the times and like all other outdated junk, it should be replaced! Us young adults who are soon to enter university or the world should be given a say in what state we will find that world. Should we not have a choice as we build the foundations of our lives? With elections taking place every 5 to 4 years, 50% of today's youth will not vote before their 20th birthday. That is, if they even show up to vote:
Introduce politics sooner and interest will grow. Join the campaign; lower the voting age to 16.
make it 14, only 35% of the population votes, and if anyone of that age actually cares enough and does enough research to vote,let them, they'll be 18 in 4 years. And if they think it will "taint" the results, the small numbers of 14 year olds who vote to mess with the system won't affect the entire outcome across canada/us
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