youth voting Options

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not quite sure if this is the right forum, sorry

what is the point of this whole youth voting movement? if the kids of age are oblivious to the election to begin with, what makes them think that once they register to vote, kids will take the time to find out any of the political info that would make them smart voters?so, what does anyone really gain from ignorant voters? they dont really care, so theyre going to vote for whichever canidate they find superficially better, so what is the point of encouraging kids to vote when those who care planned to anyway?

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Actually, I don't think we should bunch all kids together and say that they're all universally uninformed. There are a few teens (under 18) on cB who knows their political stance fairly well and I think they should be able to vote.

It's the rest of the kids that haven't got a clue that I'm worried about.

i wasnt referring to them as a whole, just the ones that they have to encourage to vote to begin with. im 15 and i know a lot more about politics than a lot of 18+ people i know, and im not even all that up on it

Thank you so much for pointing this out. I've spoken with people who are my age and younger about this coming election and they seem to lack REAL valid reasons to vote for who they want to vote for.

thanks, its been on my mind a lot recently since all that "vote or die" etc etc crap started. then last night i was reading my school news paper and they were spelling out the most obvious things about the election that i dont understand how you could miss unless you live in a hole, and i go to a reletively good school, so if they have to force those kids to vote, what about the even more ignorant ones?