It is an idea that has been floated for quite a while and one that i have always supported which is to lower the voting age to 16.
My support is based on if you can work and pay tax at 16, why should you not get a vote to how your money is being spent so they should get a say although i widely suspect that a 16 year old will not be enough across the political spectrum and will be heavilly influenced by their peers, social media and their parents before which means that educating them in politics should begin in school.
That in itself is a delicate process, how to explain politics in a classroom without showing a preference for one side or the other would take a special skill because no matter how hard we can try to be removed, it is impossible so good luck with that.
There is also a whispered belief amongst the left that younger people tend to be more left wing and the right who seem to be more the preserve of the older persuasion seem to agree because they have come out and dismissed it.
I am all for it and if i get a chance to explain the difference between the left and the right to developing minds then i will do so calmly and with immense impartiality that while it can be said that not all right wingers are racist, xenophobic, sexist, greedy, homophobic fascists, all the racist, xenophobic, sexist, greedy, homophobic fascists are on the right wing so don't vote for them, you know it makes sense.
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