Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Lower the voting age? You have to be kidding

Young People’s Embrace of Socialism Shows Why We Shouldn’t Lower the Voting Age

The Harris Poll, released exclusively by Axios, shows that roughly half of young Americans say they would prefer living in a socialist country.

This is very much in line with a poll released in late 2017 by the Victims of Communism Memorial Fund that found similar support for communism among young people, along with widespread ignorance about what communism is.

Read why we should NOT lower the voting age

The main reason for me is the simple fact that the rational part of a teen's brain isn't fully developed and won't be until age 25 or so. Perhaps the age should be raised, not lowered.

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