The Voting Age Should Be Changed

Should the voting age in UK be changed to 16? Countries such as Austria have implemented this change already. It is natural for changes to take place as they are a sign of progress, however some are dedicated to the opinion, that allowing young members of society to vote might destabilize the country, as young politically unaware people might be easily persuaded and their opinion swayed, that they are not motivated to conduct a research in order to have a good understanding and knowledge of their candidate in favour. There are many grey areas in this subject, as allowing 16 year olds to participate isn’t strictly defined as “go” or “no go” , the alternative to a standard model, would be for example, a certain condition that the above mentioned
At the beginning only the wealthy, ones who paid taxes could exercise their right to vote, this however has changed as country progressed. We can understand that with time it was unavoidable to allow women vote as there was always pressure in regards to equality, perhaps it was the same case with lower social classes as the decisions taken by government affected them as well, however it has taken until 1969 for the government to allow its citizens to vote at the age of eighteen. Since the past few years, there has been a debate arising whether the voting age should be lowered even more, to allow people aged 16 years old to take part in the voting.. There are some strong arguments against allowing under 18s to vote, some of which are points made on basis of traditional values, others try to point out the fact that 16 year olds are politically unaware and could be easily persuaded into making a wrong decision, or it being taken under influence (or forced in less common cases) of their guardian. To keep in mind is the fact that a brain of 16 year old individual is working in a slightly different way that the one of an adult, also inevitable is the fact that they have different priorities and needs when compared to adults, perhaps it may be that one clever political party would try to sway luck in their favour by pledging to lower the amount of days they need to attend school, extend summer holidays or ban demanding teachers from tutoring them. Those ideas sound ridiculous to the majority of us, adults who treat their life seriously, and try to plan their future up until certain extent, however to some of the younger generation it may sound