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Lowering Voting Age

Discussion Questions
  • What is the importance of voting?

  • Why do people vote?

  • Are 16-year-olds qualified to vote?

  • Would 16-year-olds choose to vote?

  • Are younger voters more susceptible to peer influence? Are older voters more susceptible to peer influence?

Research

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Works Cited

“Lowering the Voting Age - Top 3 Pros and Cons.” ProCon.org, 15 Mar. 2021, www.procon.org/headlines/lowering-the-voting-age-top-3-pros-and-cons/.
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Laurence Steinberg, "Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16," nytimes.com, Mar. 2, 2018
Kevin Denny and Orla Doyle, "Does Voting History Matter? Analysing Persistence in Turnout," jstor.org, Jan. 2009
Daniel Hart and James Youniss, Renewing Democracy in Young America, 2017
Mark N. Franklin, Voter Turnout and the Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Established Democracies since 1945, Apr. 2004
Amy Linimon and Mark Joslyn, "Trickle Up Political Socialization: The Impact of Kids Voting USA on Voter Turnout in Kansas," State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Mar. 2002
Jens Olav Dahlgaard, "The Surprising Consequence of Lowering the Voting Age,” washingtonpost.com, Mar. 1, 2018
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, "Solid Turnout for 16 and 17 Year Old Voters in Takoma Park, MD," naspa.org (accessed Nov. 1, 2018)
Rainesford Stauffer, "These Teens Marched for Gun Laws. They Were Just Getting Warmed Up.," thinkprogress.org, May 29, 2018
Eric Zorn, "It's Only Logical — 16-Year-Olds Should Have the Right to Vote," chicagotribune.com, Apr. 26, 2018
Hannah Grabenstein, "Should 16-Year-Olds Be Allowed to Vote?," pbs.org, Apr. 20, 2018
James A. Anderson, "Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16," nextcity.org, July 20, 2020
FindLaw, "Emancipation of Minors Basics," family.findlaw.com (accessed Nov. 1, 2018)
Mori Social Research Institute, "Young People's Attitudes Towards Politics," ipsos.com, July 2003
Tak Wing Chan and Matthew Clayton, "Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to Sixteen? Normative and Empirical Considerations," Political Studies, Oct. 2006
Robert Tracinski, "Why It's Time to Raise the Voting Age Back to 21," thefederalist.com, Feb. 27, 2018

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