http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13489953
Bravo, Bremen!
"The BBC's Stephen Evans, in Berlin, says studies indicate that 16-year-olds are less likely to take the trouble than older people - and one study also seems to show that their level of ignorance about politics is much greater than 18-year-olds. "
1) You know a good way to make people less ignorant about politics? Let them engage in the politicial process!
2) Why does it matter if only a minority of sixteen year olds vote? Surely better that politically conscious people of that age (yes they do exist) are not disenfranchised arbitrarily than that we withhold the vote from them simply because not everyone of their age will make use of it.
3) I suspect that eighteen year olds are statistically less likely to cast their votes than old age pensioners. Does that mean they should have their votes taken away?
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