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The minimum voting age before 1971, when the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, was 21 years. Many people were complaining about the irony of 18-year-olds being sent against their will to Vietnam to fight and die for their country but not being allowed to vote.
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∙ 13y agoThe legal voting age in the United States is 18 because people below that age are considered not mature enough to be able to make political choices.
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