tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766480662363186608.post1421469508411458652..comments2023-10-15T08:33:17.704-04:00Comments on What People Know: Should 16 and 17 year olds vote?Hollanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07388479139384630638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766480662363186608.post-31534981480849181972011-02-24T15:17:46.021-05:002011-02-24T15:17:46.021-05:00My son also missed voting by two months in the 201...My son also missed voting by two months in the 2010 election, and there's no good reason, other than legal, that he couldn't vote.Hollanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388479139384630638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766480662363186608.post-75261151455925490222011-02-24T14:40:31.972-05:002011-02-24T14:40:31.972-05:00I agree with you on this one. If we let stupid adu...I agree with you on this one. If we let stupid adults have a say, we should let older teens in too, you might even say they have more at stake in policy decisions than older voters. I was so frustrated to be 17.5 for the 2000 election, and the results of that election definitely affected me and others of my generation.bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766480662363186608.post-17309457237675523082011-02-23T13:42:51.816-05:002011-02-23T13:42:51.816-05:00Unfortunately, maturity is not a constitutional re...Unfortunately, <i>maturity</i> is not a constitutional requisite for voting. Nor even easy to measure. We're stuck with age, and I'm fairly sure we'll never see the age lowered.<br /><br />Now, the question is, controlling for everything else, is a 16-year-old as capable as an 18-year-old in voting? Probably not. Then again, an 18-year-old is probably not as capable as a 25-year old. After that, age probably is no longer a factor. So an argument could be made, I suppose, for raising the voting age to 25 -- the point psychologists tell us the brain actually "matures" into adulthood.Hollanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388479139384630638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766480662363186608.post-86109982493655572562011-02-23T11:00:25.883-05:002011-02-23T11:00:25.883-05:00I've never believed age to be an accurate meas...I've never believed age to be an accurate measure of maturity. There are some 16 year olds that I'd rather see voting than 30 year olds. Still, I suppose we're beyond political knowledge tests for voting.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913025263562071489noreply@blogger.com