> I'm not sure how much value I'd place on the logic of a 16 year old in something as emotionally charged as politics. I think the overtly emotional nature of

> I'm not sure how much value I'd place on the logic of a 16 year old in something as emotionally charged as politics. I think the overtly emotional nature of politics is exactly why it doesn't matter if you allow 16 year olds to participate. It's such an extreme that virtually all participants are affected, regardless of how much control they have over their emotions. I wonder if lowering the voting age would shift the "young people don't vote" window lower, or if it wouldn't change at all because it's not that young people don't vote as much as it is that as you grow older you become more invested in your lifestyle and are therefore more likely to vote to protect/preserve/enhance/whatever it.