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>In this case the legal age would be raised from 18 to 25. This wouldn't make any real difference to politics because young people don't vote. Not to complain,

>In this case the legal age would be raised from 18 to 25. This wouldn't make any real difference to politics because young people don't vote. Not to complain, but I sure as hell voted. I checked, and 46% of "young people" (Millenials) do vote regularly. So, uh, thanks for trying to take our rights away.

pdx 10y ago
> So, uh, thanks for trying to take our rights away. The OP was engaging in discussion, not seriously advocating a course of action. When you're older, you won't take offense so easily.
- philh 10y ago
  > The OP was engaging in discussion, not seriously advocating a course of action. This is an important distinction to make, but it's not a black-and-white one. And while OP didn't literally say "I think we should take rights from 18-24 year olds", they do seem to be arguing in that direction. > When you're older, you won't take offense so easily. Please don't condescend.
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago
  I especially ask you to avoid condescension since it's been a few years since I was in the 18-25 bracket.
austincheney 10y ago
http://www.civicyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CIRCLE_2013FS_outhVoting2012FINAL.pdf http://www.civicyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CIRCLE_... Turns out I was wrong. Youngsters aren't 6% of the vote, but closer to about 9%. Still tiny though. The data indicates people who are registered voters are about twice as likely to become a voter after the age of 25.
- Fnoord 10y ago
  What? 9%? Check table 1 in your source. "Table 1: Voter Turnout Among Citizens November 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 18-29 40% 49% 51% 45% [...]" It was 45% in 2012 for the age of 18-29.
  - austincheney 10y ago
    The age group 18-24 is very different than the larger 18-29. The data is all there.
    - Fnoord 10y ago
      Could you quote it then? Cause I can't find it. If you mean table 3, make sure you read the following associated quoted part: "This statistic is affected by two factors: youth turnout and the age structure of the whole population. (Youth share could rise, for example, if turnout remained constant but the population became younger.)" Also, my quoted data is from 18-29, and approx 40-51%. If 18-24 is only 6-9% then the group from 24-29 is either far smaller, or is having some really insane turnout of more than 71%.

pdx 10y ago

> So, uh, thanks for trying to take our rights away. The OP was engaging in discussion, not seriously advocating a course of action. When you're older, you won't take offense so easily.

philh 10y ago
> The OP was engaging in discussion, not seriously advocating a course of action. This is an important distinction to make, but it's not a black-and-white one. And while OP didn't literally say "I think we should take rights from 18-24 year olds", they do seem to be arguing in that direction. > When you're older, you won't take offense so easily. Please don't condescend.
eli_gottlieb 10y ago
I especially ask you to avoid condescension since it's been a few years since I was in the 18-25 bracket.

austincheney 10y ago

http://www.civicyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CIRCLE_2013FS_outhVoting2012FINAL.pdf http://www.civicyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CIRCLE_... Turns out I was wrong. Youngsters aren't 6% of the vote, but closer to about 9%. Still tiny though. The data indicates people who are registered voters are about twice as likely to become a voter after the age of 25.

Fnoord 10y ago
What? 9%? Check table 1 in your source. "Table 1: Voter Turnout Among Citizens November 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 18-29 40% 49% 51% 45% [...]" It was 45% in 2012 for the age of 18-29.
- austincheney 10y ago
  The age group 18-24 is very different than the larger 18-29. The data is all there.
  - Fnoord 10y ago
    Could you quote it then? Cause I can't find it. If you mean table 3, make sure you read the following associated quoted part: "This statistic is affected by two factors: youth turnout and the age structure of the whole population. (Youth share could rise, for example, if turnout remained constant but the population became younger.)" Also, my quoted data is from 18-29, and approx 40-51%. If 18-24 is only 6-9% then the group from 24-29 is either far smaller, or is having some really insane turnout of more than 71%.