The voting age was 21 for many years. Ted Kennedy put it down to 18. He knew those new voters would vote his way. That was a little cynical and self-serving. It wasn't necessarily good for the country, it was good for his party.

21 was reasonable, and should be restored.

It DOESN'T MATTER that you can marry, sign a contract, and join the military at 18. That just affects YOU. To affect the whole of society, which voting does, you need to get older.

I wouldn't care if it were raised to 25. But that would be radical.

Merely restoring it to 21 is simply returning to something longstanding.

The voting age was 21 for many years. Ted Kennedy put it down to 18. He knew those new voters would vote his way. That was a little cynical and self-serving. It wasn't necessarily good for the country, it was good for his party.

21 was reasonable, and should be restored.

It DOESN'T MATTER that you can marry, sign a contract, and join the military at 18. That just affects YOU. To affect the whole of society, which voting does, you need to get older.

I wouldn't care if it were raised to 25. That would be radical.

But restoring it to 21 is simply returning to something longstanding.

The voting age was 21 for many years. Ted Kennedy pushed it down to 18 for obvious reasons. He knew those new voters would vote his way. That was a little cynical and self-serving. It wasn't necessarily good for the country, it was good for him and his party.

21 was reasonable, and should be restored.

It DOESN'T MATTER that you can marry, sign a contract, and join the military at 18. That just affects YOU. To affect the whole of society, which voting does, you need to get older.

I wouldn't care if it were put all the way up to 25. But that would be a radical opinion.

But restoring it to 21 is simply returning back to something longstanding.

The voting age was 21 for years. Ted Kennedy pushed it down to 18 for obvious reasons. He knew all those new voters would vote his way. That was a little cynical and self-serving.

21 was reasonable and should be restored.

It DOESN'T MATTER that you can marry, sign a contract, and join the military at 18. That just affects YOU. To affect the whole of society, which voting does, you need to get older.

I wouldn't care if it were put all the way up to 25. But that would be a radical opinion.

But restoring it to 21 is simply returning back to something longstanding.