Should the voting age be lowered? Will it help young people to engage in politics?
This debate is now closed. See below for a selection of your comments. Quite daft. Far more sensible is to require five years employment before you qualify to vote. James, England As most of the political dialogue in this county is conducted at the level of a child and the most popular newspapers cover politics at the most infantile level we may as well go for the lowest common denominator. It can hardly lower the standards of debate. Tim Binnington, UK What is more important is for young people’s views to be represented in Parliament. Mark, Germany What is more important is for young people’s views to be represented in Parliament. This doesn’t necessarily mean having more young people in Parliament or having younger people voting for those who get into Parliament. Young people want to see MP’s fighting for their cause far more often than they have been. Mark, Germany (British Citizen) Absolutely not! Put the voting age up to 25 rather than reduce it. If you’ve seen no life and never w
