President Richard Nixon lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in April 1971.
The arguement was to make the voting age stay at 18 years old.
By lowering the voting age
No cons of voting, just cons of uneducated/biased/racist/etc people voting
ProsDont have to ask your parents to drop you off at schoolBecome more responsibleConsMore accidentsDrink DrivingI think lowering driving age will not reduce accidents on the road
On July 7, 1971, the voting age became 18 when the 26th amendment to the US constitution was certified as having been ratified.
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Britains become of age at 18. This would probably mean that they are allowed to vote at this age.
During the Vietnam War, many Vietnam veterans criticized the U.S. government for forcing them to go to war at the age of eighteen but not allowing them to vote until age 21. As a result, the U.S. Constitution was amended in 1971, lowering the minimum voting age to 18.
The election of 1968 was the last U.S. presidential election in which the minimum voting age was 21. On July 1, 1971, the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, lowering the minimum voting age to 18.
Some cons of immigration is that the U.S. population increases, not educated and poor immigrants are lowering the GDP of the country, and is also lowering standard living in the United States.
people should vote when they are 18 year they should be about almost 18 to when it is time to vote