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> lowered levels of voter maturity isn't the answer. In the US, I can see letting 16 year olds vote bring up the average level of "maturity". Older voters brai
by xnx 1y ago
> lowered levels of voter maturity isn't the answer.
In the US, I can see letting 16 year olds vote bring up the average level of "maturity". Older voters brains have been too cooked by watching decades of Fox News.
- CamperBob2 1y agoAs a USian I can't say anything about the UK, but here, apathy seems to be at least a big a problem as immaturity. We re-elected a traitorous felon because people couldn't be bothered to vote for a candidate who didn't "inspire them." At some point we have to decide whether democracy is a means to an end -- a stable, peaceful, prosperous, just, and exemplary society -- or an end in itself. Lowering the voting age certainly serves the latter goal.
- olddustytrail 1y agoThis is for general elections in the UK overall. Scotland lowered the voting age to 16 for Scottish elections in 2016 (appropriately!) and Wales for Welsh elections in 2020. Both countries failed to fall apart from this measure :)
- scarface_74 1y agoNo they voted for him because he was and still is giving them exactly what they want. He is very much a reflection of a large part of America.