Is it a good idea to lower the voting age to 16

The Star, Sheffield

We asked the people of Sheffield is it a good idea to lower the voting age to 16

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00:00 Do you think it's a good idea to lower the voting age to 16?

00:04 Yes.

00:05 Yes.

00:06 Yes.

00:07 Yes.

00:08 Yeah?

00:09 Yeah, yeah, definitely, yeah, yeah.

00:10 Why? Why do you think that is a good idea?

00:13 Well, if you're old enough to, um, like, leave school and have all your grades and everything,

00:19 surely you're old enough to make a decision about who manages you in the country.

00:24 I think it's good to get young people involved as early as possible.

00:30 No.

00:31 Yes.

00:32 Yes.

00:33 Yes.

00:34 No, I wouldn't go that far.

00:36 Okay, one no, two yes, one undecided. And why? I'm, I'm, I'm curious.

00:42 I don't have much faith in the electorate as it is, especially if it's lower to, um, to 16 year olds.

00:49 I feel like I trust young people to decide for our future more than being in geriatrics.

00:56 Even then though, is it really about what you trust, what you think that they'll say, or is it just should they have the right, should people have the right?

01:04 Hmm.

01:05 I don't know if it's really about what I, what I'm about.

01:10 Yeah, I guess if you're also talking about tax licences and how developed a 16 year old is, like how much experience do they have?

01:21 Yeah, but I mean when we've got people literally with dementia who are in countries such as Biden or Trump, can we really say 16 year olds shouldn't be allowed to vote?

01:33 Isn't 16 a very good number in Scotland?

01:35 No, I mean there's no difference.

01:37 Is there?

01:38 I think so.

01:39 I bet not.

01:41 Okay, so the first question is, do you think it's a good idea to lower the voting age to 16?

01:48 Uh, I don't think it's a good idea because I feel like at the age of 18, people are much mature to make the right decision.

01:56 Whereas in 16 I feel like people are at that teenage where they're very easily influenced.

02:02 So I feel that 18 is an age where people should be given the right to vote.

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