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Originally Posted by idi banashapan

The idea that voting is simply a matter of picking the party that benefits you most overlooks the very essence of responsible voting. Mature voting isn;t just self-interest, it involves understanding complex trade offs, evaluating long term national outcomes, understanding the differences between policy and populism, and resisting emotional or peer-driven influence, which considering the social media hold on young people, isn’t something 16 year olds are good at. These require critical thinking, impulse control, and cognitive maturity, which are still forming in adolescents. If voting truly were that simple, we wouldn’t see widespread manipulation of adult voters through emotional appeals, misinformation, and tribalism.

seeing as how a significant % of the adult population failed to take that into consideration nearly nine years ago…..

Rephrasing that, most of the adult population vote for what will they will believe will immediately benefit them and their loved ones/family. On that basis 0 reason to not give 16/17 year olds the ability to vote