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Missouri teens want to lower the voting age to 16 in local and school elections (news.stlpublicradio.org)

submitted 1 year ago by alyaza to c/politics

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[–] alyaza 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The reason the system is so confusing right now is that laws are written for convenience and political gain. For example, Democrats in the US are currently pushing for younger people to have the right to vote because they will gain a political advantage.

i don't think this is really accurate. Democrats broadly don't care about lowering the voting age and it's not a signature plank for them--at most it's an incidental part of voting rights. mostly, the people pushing this are youth activists who also happen to be Democrats because young people are overwhelmingly a Democratic constituency.

[–] SkepticElliptic 2 points 1 year ago

They're against it because they know young people won't vote for old people. Why would you hamstring yourself like that?

I'm all for it because it will cause the parties to favor more youthful people. Yes, I'm an ageist when it comes to politicians and for good reasons.

1.You can't make sound decisions for the future if you won't be around to suffer the consequences of your actions.

Wisdom lacks agility. Yes, older politicians have more experience. They don't have experience in the issues we face today. In fact their knowledge and experience runs counter to solving problems we face and will face.