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Honestly, I made pretty good decisions at 16. I have few regrets from that time period other than perhaps some social faux pas, but no, nothing that would have impacted my voting decisions. I'm curious what life experiences you have had in the intervening years that have impacted your ability to make voting decisions. That probably says more about you than it does about other people.

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So it should be 16, not 15 or 14? And should the age of consent match it? Since kids are so mature and responsible by that age.

Edit: Oh, and they should be able to sign up for the Army at that age, too? The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 because of the absurdity of drafting teens into a war when they can't even vote on yet. I would have preferred the opposite solution - raise the draft to 21.

If you learned something between your youth and now that helped you make better decisions that relate to voting, it should be pretty easy to share them. We would all benefit from that knowledge.

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