Poll: Exit Poll: UK General Election 2017 - Results discussion and OcUK Exit Poll - Closing 8th July

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

You may be the exception, all credit to you but you have to admit not all 16/18 year olds are that clued up

Shifting the goalposts. You are a troll. Bye troll.

 

[LabR@t]

Shifting the goalposts. You are a troll. Bye troll.

How am I shifting? I have stressed 18 is too young to vote it should be 21?
Responses like this highlight my point.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

You also have to admit that not all 80/90+ year olds are that clued up... an upper age limit would also be sensible.

 

[LabR@t]

You also have to admit that not all 80/90+ year olds are that clued up... an upper age limit would also be sensible.

Don't have a problem with that either.

 

[Tunney]

How am I shifting? I have stressed 18 is too young to vote it should be 21?
Responses like this highlight my point.

Would you also want to increase the age that people can join the armed forces, drink, gamble and have sex for the same reason?

 

[Rroff]

How am I shifting? I have stressed 18 is too young to vote it should be 21?
Responses like this highlight my point.

You get all sorts of different rates of understanding and progression - I've talked to some <16 who are articulate on their reasons to vote and have a good idea understanding of politics and the broader needs of the country and then personally I really didn't have a good grasp on it until I was well into my 20s.

 

[LabR@t]

Would you also want to increase the age that people can join the armed forces, drink, gamble and have sex for the same reason?

That's another debate, drinking definitely think 21 would be a good idea.

 

[LabR@t]

You get all sorts of different rates of understanding and progression - I've talked to some <16 who are articulate on their reasons to vote and have a good idea understanding of politics and the broader needs of the country and then personally I really didn't have a good grasp on it until I was well into my 20s.

So you agree?

 

[adolf hamster]

It’s a maturity thing. Most young voters simply aren’t emotionally stable and mature enough to be entrusted with election vote, and also lack a stake in the game (income, assets, career, etc.)

so your future isn't a stake in the game then?

cmon man, if you're going to spout trash at least make it coherent trash

 

[Rroff]

I just don't think personally age is a good metric I guess the best we have in a general sense.

 

[Danthus]

That's another debate, drinking definitely think 21 would be a good idea.

Why not 20?

 

[Uther]

Age is no measure of either maturity or common sense. Look at the idiots we have trying to form a government just now.

 

[LabR@t]

so your future isn't a stake in the game then?

cmon man, if you're g[/QUOTE

Why not make it 10 then they have longer to be involved?

 

[LabR@t]

Why not 20?

I don't know why not 21?25?

 

[Screeeech]

I can't believe she's got Michael Gove back in again - I hope they're all wearing stab vests.

 

[Woden]

You can't undo burned money. Besides, if Cameron is such a great guy as so many including here want him back, he was the one that caused all this mess and bailed ship. All of this is because of him.

No, it's not. I'm a labour voter and no fan of Dave but we can't blame him for this, or for bailing.

He ran the referendum reluctantly, and warned us all not too do the thing. You can't blame him for dipping out when we ignored him

 

[LabR@t]

Why not limit you to x amount of votes per lifetime? So you have to choose carefully when you use it?

 

[adolf hamster]

Why not make it 10 then they have longer to be involved?

tbh, i've known 10 year olds with more maturity than you've shown in this thread

 

[LabR@t]

tbh, i've known 10 year olds with more maturity than you've shown in this thread

Ok, cool

 

[Deleted member 66701]

There is plenty of support in raising the age to vote, not just my crazy idea.

I think you're overstating that a little. Apart from a few fringe nutcases, I'm not aware of any serious support for raising the voting age.