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Tim H
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Tim H asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Should voting age be raised to 22?

Really my only problem is with those who are in college full time. I just read an article about kids who attend college in swing states registering to vote there. This can impact the election greatly. Anyone who is in or has been to college lately knows how far left professors lean and how vocal they are about their views. I feel that college students are very impressionable and tend to believe everything that is told to them by professors. This is fine when the topic is the professor's field, but not for politics. The fact is students really don't know how to vote on real world issues. They look at things from an ideological standpoint instead of what really happens in the real world. If they are not working full time and don't know what it is like to be in the real world then how can they have the knowledge necessary to vote. Another problem is the hostility that these students normally show to Republicans. Democrats can campaign at any college without any worries. Republicans have to worry about being attacked if they step foot on a campus. The nature of a college campus leads to group mentality/mob thinking and this makes it dangerous for Republicans to campaign there. I guess I have just been listening to college kids responses to these debates on NPR too much. Their lack of practical knowledge is a little scary.

Update:

I would support suffrage for anyone serving in the armed forces. They deserve the right to vote more than anyone because they are risking their lives in the conflicts elected officials start.

Update 2:

gmonte: I agree that anyone of any age can be influenced by others. However, I feel that college students are more easily influenced. They go to class, eat, study, and sleep on the same campus with the same people. They are not exposed to diversity like other people are. Also, they are relying on what others tell them because they are not experiencing most of the issues firsthand. The only segment of people I want to stop from voting are those who are uninformed. It seems like the only way to do this would be to raise the voting age. It is clear how many of these students change their mind once they are out of college because college students lean very heavily to the left while the general public usually does not.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I was thinking 30.

  • 1 decade ago

    No. Anyone of any age can be "influenced" by others. It's unfair to generalize all college students as easily-led and unable to think for themselves and seek out objective information on their own. It's obvious you have a partisan agenda on this issue and may want to eliminate a certain segment of the population that may not be voting Republican.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No. But don't let anything like The Constitution or Bill of Rights stand in your way.

    Where did you get your degree?

    Why aren't you in iraq fighting?

  • 1 decade ago

    How about 60? They have the most real world experience.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    more like 30.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, I think your ideas make to many assumptions and are based on stereotypes at best.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hell NO!

    We can send 17-year-olds to their death in a foreign war. Those 17-year-olds should be enfranchised IMMEDIATELY.

    Lower the voting age to 17. (And the drinking age as well!)

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