Analysis Of The Passage 'Lowering The Voting Age To 18'

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There has always been a debate about the voting age. In the passage "Keep the Voting Age at 18" the writer explains why lowering the voting age to 16 is not a good idea. However, in the passage "Lower the Voting Age" the writer explains that lowering the voting age to 16 would lead to postive results. In my personal opinion I do believe that lowering the voting age to 16 is a great idea.

In the first passage "Keep the Voting Age at 18" the writer explains how young voters lack interest in participating in elections. The lack of participation in elections in America is already at a low point and lowering the voting age would just decease the percentage more. The U.S. Census Bureau explains that in 2012 only 38% of young adults between the
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