What teenagers think about being able to vote at 16 ...Middle East

In addition to questions around which parties might benefit or lose out from the change, there has been much debate over whether 16 and 17 year-olds are old enough and informed enough to have a say in deciding who should form the next government.

‘It would be really awesome if it was added to the schooling system and talked about more in school,’ says Pascalle Durand

When I heard the voting age was going to be lowered, initially I thought: “Wow – that’s quite exciting.”

I’ve had conversations with my peers about what we’re going to do after sixth form and that’s a hectic conversation – let alone the future of our country.

It feels like we’re preparing the younger generation for something. Maybe it is to be more conscientious about the decisions we make and being a part of society and contributing to our country, which is awesome and important.

Some younger people care about politics when there’s that virality, like Elon Musk and his chainsaw – people thought: “Oh wow, this is politics”.

There’s a blasé-ness about it. I’ve thought about how many people I know coming out of high school that would say, “Oh no, I just can’t be bothered to go vote”. That’s really concerning because those votes that are missing could make a big difference.

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We are functioning members of this country as well. We should ultimately have a choice about how things go and what our future is going to be, because it’s not our grandparents world anymore – it’s about to be ours.

I also think lowering the voting age is positive because we’ve seen from the 18- to 24-year-olds that they’re more liberal and green, which is pretty awesome. We have to worry about sustainability and keeping up civil rights.

‘The voting system needs an overhaul to appeal to my generation’

Sacha Hyams, 16, from north London

‘The Government is going to have to crack down on the spread of misinformation,’ says Sacha Hyams

When I heard the news, I was quite surprised, because most things start at 18 – like drinking – and driving starts at 17. Not many things you can do at 16.

I’ve been with my dad to vote. Queuing to this portable cabin took absolutely ages and it was dull. You can pay your taxes online, so you should be able to vote online. Maybe give some sort of incentive to 16- and 17-year-olds who vote to make it appeal to them.

The general trend I see is, the more wealthy a background person is from, the more into politics they are. A lot of my working-class friends do not care at all about politics. I feel like making it easier, or giving them an incentive to make it more appealing, would definitely help.Giving 16 to 18-year-olds the right to vote is just the start of a big overhaul that is needed.

I feel schools should also teach more about how to avoid misinformation.

‘Everything is going digital – voting should be the same’

Asma Elmi, 16, from Birmingham

With voting now, the adults are not as well informed as us younger people. We’re more online, we’re more aware of what’s happening around us.

But the decisions they make affect us for the longest time, so I think we should have more of a say in the democracy.

We think it’s dumb, in a way, that we can’t do anything about it because there’s no voice for us there. If we were allowed to vote, we would have felt that we have a voice.

Not everyone is going to be interested in it. So we’re not different in that aspect.

Also, everything is getting more and more digital, voting should be the same. I think we would rather do it online. I don’t think we’d all want to wait around. Especially when everyone’s doing quite a busy life.

Reform feels like its taking us back many, many generations with very outdated ideas.

This should all be taught to teens if we want them to vote.

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