The case for lowering the voting age to 16

Serra, Laura ORCID: 0009-0004-0420-3566 (2024) The case for lowering the voting age to 16. British Politics and Policy at LSE (07 Jun 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The majority of people in Britain think that Labour’s potential policy of giving 16-year-olds the vote is a bad idea. But the experience of Scotland, Brazil, Austria and other countries where the voting age is 16 shows that the concerns many have are misplaced, and in fact this policy could produce more democratically engaged citizens in later life, argues Laura Serra.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Government
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2024 12:15
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 05:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124185

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