Would it be better to lower the voting age to sixteen?

Pro Contra (Joyce Elzenaar)

When teenagers reach the age of 16, they
start to think more about society and how the
daily life is being runned. In class (SPS), 16
year olds learn about politics, the government
and elections. They learn & start to think
more about politics and so they are able to
make up their mind for voting and make an
important decision (voting for the party that
fits their opinion the best).
According to the CBS (Centraal Bureau voor
Statistiek), teenagers are less interested than
adults. Based on this information, it can be
concluded that teenagers have less
knowledge about politics and therefore are
not able to make a responsible decision
concerning politics.

If the voting age would be lowered to 16, If stated that younger citizens opinions are
younger people would get more interested in not taken into consideration, shouldnt voting
politics. Now that the voting age is 18, a lot of age be lowered even more? Most people
young people are not interested in politics, would absolutely disagree with this, because
just because they dont have to vote yet. they think that is irresponsible. Well, so is
When the voting age would be lowered to 16, lowering the voting age to 16.
it would encourage them to investigate more
into how it all works. It is important that young
people are interested in politics, because it
will affect them when they get older and if
they know about it at the age of 16 already, it
will help them to form a better opinion.

When 16 year old can vote, they will People older from the age of eighteen do not
also be represented in a better way. At necessarily forget the aims of the younger
this moment people can vote from the citizens. Many political parties want to
age of 18 onwards. As people get older, improve education and set up a regulation
they tend to forget what plays a role in that prevents students from incurring debt
the life of youngsters. 16 year olds due to the high costs of further education.
know the best what is going on in their
lives. When 16 year olds are able to
vote, they can make decisions about
what they think will help them. In this
way, politicians will not forget about
young people in society (pay attention
to them) and there will be a good
representation of society in politics
their interests will be represented in
politics.

Laws are made by ministers and are
approved by the First & Second Chamber.
These laws also affect young people in
society, but they cannot vote, so they dont
have a say about which laws are being
Only the First and Second Chamber have a
say in which laws are implemented and which
ones are not. Dutch citizens from the age of
eighteen have the right to vote, but they
cannot influence which laws are approved
approved etc. If the voting age is lowered to and which ones are not.
16, young people can also have a say about
what happens in politics and what affects
them (people cant vote for laws in First &
Second Chamber), but they can vote for
parties to approve laws for them)