This year, 2008, is the year for presidential vote, so we need to make clear about the voting age. The voting age has been lowed from 21 to 18 after the 26th Amendment to the Constitution in 1972. Voting is the way to show their right as a citizen and eighteen is the right age to make a right judgment and they will increase the voter turnout and the politicians will care more about teenagers’ needs and wishes, so giving eighteen year olds the right to vote is not a mistake.
First, eighteen is the right age to make a right judgment, so giving the right to vote to eighteen year olds is not a mistake. During middle school and high school years students learn lots about politics and their knowledge about what is wrong and what is right for this world, especially political thoughts are freshly increased in their brain. Therefore, I think eighteen is a right age to make a right judgment about politics and right to vote.
Second, low age will increase the voter turnout; therefore, giving eighteen year olds the right to vote is not a mistake. As the proverb says that what is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave, it is easy to form the habit in the early age and stick with it during their whole lives. Therefore, it will show more profitable result at increasing the voter turnout if the voting age will be remain to eighteen. For example, the people who start voting from the age eighteen have more and more time to continue the action of voting and make is as a part of their lives than adults who are age between 30 or 40. In addition, eighteen year olds want to do thing with friend or their parents, so one or more voter turnout will be increased.