I too was once a high school student in Houston. We should lower the voting age to 17, possibly to 16. Public policies will affect them for a lot longer than they will affect us. And at this point the kids are smarter.
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Sep 27, 2020 · 9:34 PM UTC

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I would trust my 16 years old kids to vote a lot more than many of those on twitter today. They know a whole lot more than most, especially those that only watch fox news.
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@AskRepustar is there evidence to support a voting age of 16?
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...and by that wonderful logic, people over 90 should be restricted from voting. Public Policies will hardly affect their well being for the short time they have left on earth and most don't have a clue what they would be voting for anyway.
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Do you remember the ridiculous opinions you held back at 16? Our frontal lobes aren’t even fully developed until 23. The political mistakes they make will have a lasting impact on their lives. Let kids be kids.
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I would never allow my 16 ur old to vote. As if at 16 the majority even care, not to mention they would vote based on how their influencers vote.
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I agree Marianne ... I agree!
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the kids are not smarter. they have been dumbed down by common core and now the "anti-racism" garbage, which is anti-white fundamentally, is being shoved down their throats, they are teaching "alternate facts" of history. way down in STEM. this pandemic makes it even worse.
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What evidence suggests that kids are smarter?
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I agree, I also think at 16 kids maybe more engaged and eager to learn
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Let them have their youth. You just want to manipulate them for their votes. How low.