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Should 16 year olds be allowed to vote?

61 replies

ExitChasedByABee · 08/05/2021 14:48

Great points raised by Kate Williams on Twitter. Should 16 year olds be allowed to vote or are they still too young?

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Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 08/05/2021 15:01

No. They are too young. Most couldn't give a shit anyway.

TeddingtonTrashbag · 08/05/2021 15:01

Hell, no!
Plenty of neurological research to show why teenagers are irrational and reckless. Brain still developing till about 25.
Voting age should be raised to that.

VettiyaIruken · 08/05/2021 15:00

No. 16 is far too young. You only need to look at the average 16 year old to see that.

Tbh I'd support a raise to 21 but certainly 18 should stay the minimum.

firstimemamma · 08/05/2021 15:00

Yes.

lavieengrenache · 08/05/2021 14:59

No

AlexaNeverListens · 08/05/2021 14:58

No.

ReindeerAreEvil · 08/05/2021 14:55

I think voting should be restricted to legal adults. As should serving in the armed forces, marriage, driving and anything that involves someone needing to enter into a contract.

There may be an argument for reducing the age of legal adulthood to 16, I don’t have views about that, but let’s keep voting for adults.

I would prefer to see long-term legal residents given the right to vote, even if they’re not UK nationals. You lose the right to vote if you don’t live in the UK for 15 years; you should gain the right to vote if you’re here legally for that period of time.

sumpplneedshaking · 08/05/2021 14:54

No

Thisisanoutrage · 08/05/2021 14:54

Yes

FelicityPike · 08/05/2021 14:53

They already do in Scottish elections.

FelicityPike · 08/05/2021 14:53

Yes.

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