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Do you believe teenagers at the age of 16 are mature enough to make informed voting decisions, and why?

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@9R3B7G5Liberal Democrat from Missouri answered…2yrs2Y

Hell no, no 16-year-old should vote. The voting age should be raised to 50. Anyone younger is too inexperienced in life to be informed

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@9R2YX2S answered…2yrs2Y

No, because they are focusing on a lot of school in those years, and at that age teens are easily influenced by "bad" online influences.

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