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The voting age in the US used to be 21, but some time during the Vietnam era it was rolled back to 18. The argument being, if you're old enough to fight in a wa
by maxfurman 7y ago
The voting age in the US used to be 21, but some time during the Vietnam era it was rolled back to 18. The argument being, if you're old enough to fight in a war, you're old enough to vote for the politicians who decide whether or not to go to war.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> The voting age in the US used to be 21, but some time during the Vietnam era it was rolled back to 18. Actually, the rollback of voting age (which is a state policy with federal constraints) started in the WWII era, almost immediately after the draft age was reduced from 21 to 18 in 1942, with it almost immediately becoming a national issue and Georgia being the first state to roll back voting age to 18, in 1943, and President Eisenhower endorsing it as desirable across the nation in 1954. The Vietnam era saw the completion of the rollback nationally. > The argument being, if you're old enough to fight in a war [...] No, the argument was if you are old enough to be compelled by the draft to fight in a war...