The Twenty-sixth Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
I think it did not have much influence in national elections . Only a relatively small percentage of people aged 18 to 20 vote and those who do, tend to vote the same as the older people in their demographic group . There may be instances where young voters have tilted local elections.
young people serving in wars
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.
Britains become of age at 18. This would probably mean that they are allowed to vote at this age.
On July 7, 1971, the voting age became 18 when the 26th amendment to the US constitution was certified as having been ratified.
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.
The legal voting age in Colombia is 18 years old.
Minimum voting age is 18 in India.
The voting age in the Netherlands is 18 years old.
The age of majority in New York changed from 21 to 18 in 1971. This was a result of lowering the voting age in the United States.
Voting age across the US is 18 everywhere
The voting age is 18 in all states.
The legal voting age is 18 in Minnesota