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| Yes | 22% | 243 votes | Total: 1091 votes | |
| No | 78% | 848 votes |
Yes
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: August 01, 2008
The question of appropriate voting age begs a difficult distinction: can anyone identify the point in
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
I'm sixteen, and I believe that eighteen is way too young to vote, because I'm in the generation that
by Denise Baer
Created on: August 09, 2009 Last Updated: August 20, 2009
As an immediate response, I would say, "Yes, eighteen is too young to vote," but this response triggers
by CharGarski
Created on: January 22, 2008 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Welcome to the 21st century! This is a world of fun and games where responsibility takes the back seat
Created on: October 14, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
I was a young Marine Corps Officer at the end of the Vietnam war. Many of us thought at the time that
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
I say 'yes' not because the person is 'only' eighteen - after all,
most of my clients, be they managers,
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
There are 18 year olds who are responsible, intelligent, conscientious, and very politically motivated.
by Joseph Malek
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Young people do not have the accumulated wisdom necessary to select a professional politician. More
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
This question takes me back to 1970, when I was 18 and demanding the right to vote. If you had told
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
I hate to agree with the minority here, but at the ripe age of 24 years old I've decided that people
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No
by C. Spencer
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
For various reasons one might worry that the 18+ voting law is a bit too liberal. Perhaps, it might
by Carol Gioia
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: May 09, 2012
Eighteen is the perfect age to allow the right and privilege to vote. Eighteen is a coming of age, turning
Created on: June 15, 2009 Last Updated: June 16, 2009
On September 22nd, a voting drive began for students attending Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA,
by Jake Betz
Created on: August 22, 2009
Eighteen is a rite of passage, the age at which a young man or woman leaves, or prepares to leave,
by T S Campbell
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
There seems to be quite a heated argument on this subject with unnecessary adjectives being thrown around
Created on: May 07, 2008
No, I don't believe eighteen is too young to vote. Many eighteen-year-olds would be firing on all fours
by Jack Myles
Created on: January 31, 2008 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
The only seemingly logical argument for a raised voting age is that young voters may take this right
by Eric Wolf
Created on: October 16, 2008
18 years of age is the voting eligibility age in most democracies and the present generation of teenagers
Created on: February 03, 2008 Last Updated: June 21, 2009
Using age to to determine whether someone should be allowed to vote is a very arbitrary and nonsensical
Created on: July 21, 2008
I never really thought about it before...never paid it any mind! In all reality, I should have! In my
by David Giza
Created on: October 03, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Eighteen isn't too young to vote. If you can fight for your country at this age and drive at this age,
by Stan Dyer
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
No, eighteen is not too young to vote. This government decided that age of eighteen is the onset of
by Ted Sherman
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Hell, no. I agree with the lament of all Armed Services members we've heard loud and clear since World
Created on: September 08, 2008 Last Updated: November 10, 2011
One of my biggest problems with our society is that its adults constantly treat its children as if they
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Voting is the responsibility of all American citizens and the uninformed or unintelligent are not excluded
by Joel Blithe
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
When a person considers that the main factor cited for the '04 re-election of George W. Bush was that
Created on: October 29, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
Is eighteen too young to vote?
Most of us at the age of eighteen think we know all about life. In the
by Bryan Belrad
Created on: July 27, 2007 Last Updated: March 19, 2008
This issue falls under the same category as all laws that create an "age boundary". In many states,
Created on: January 12, 2011 Last Updated: January 13, 2011
I voted for the first time one month after turning 18 in the Illinois Democratic Primary of 1974. I
Created on: January 22, 2008 Last Updated: July 11, 2010
Eighteen is a small number but with that age there are huge potentials and responsibilities. The current