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Originally Posted by Brillopad

Completely agree - 16 is too young - they would not be making informed decisions and would probably treat it as some kind of game. It could be very damaging to politics.

People of all ages do this though. I don't understand this argument that all adults reach a certain age, and suddenly become mature and politically informed. It just isn't true. Try having a political discussion with my mother in law .

If you lowered the voting age, I think you'd have two types of young voters. The ones who ARE informed and interested and would make the effort to vote, and the ones who would be dragged along by their parents to vote along family lines. The latter type would encompass all parties and so likely cancel itself out.

That said - I personally think the voting age is fine at 18.