What should the minimum voting age be?"

I don't know. I think 18 is okay but we tend to vote for better American Idols than leaders and issues.

I personally think 18 is old enough, but then again it depends on the individual. Some are mature enough to make decisions and others aren't, but what does that really prove? I've seen some people up there in age that shouldn't be making decisions at all.

Depends. For some folks I'd make it about 90, and hope they came from short lived families. There's an old saying in politics that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the electorate.

18 that's when you are considered an adult by goverment standards and you are hopefully more mature than 16 and not really old like 25.

25

eighteen. if someone is old enough to fight in a war they are old enough to vote. younger people should have a say too. If they can get jobs pay taxes, go to war etc. they should get that chance to decide and vote who they want in office. i like the thought of all age groups, men women, minorites having their say. a lot better than before the early 1900s when only white men could vote.

Twenty-five. Just because you are old enough to pull a trigger does not mean you are smart enough or mature enough to pull a voting lever or punch a ballot. By Thor's Holy Trousers, you can drive at 16. Does that make you a competent driver?

Maybe everyone should take an IQ or a common sense test before voting, regardless of age.I know some pretty smart young people with good sense, as well as some dumb older ones that should be banned from the voting booth.

We've got it right. Now we just need to make the drinking age match up.

I think 18 is fair enough.

16. The kids who care enough to bother to vote are probably more informed than the average 40 year old. Plus, I think it's a good idea to stimulate a civic consciousness at a young age. If they feel they are given a stake in society, they are more likely to develop a sense of community into adulthood. Right now, we live in a country where young people are willing to cross a sea to fight for their country, but not willing to cross a street to vote.

18 if you're a legal adult that can go to war than you damn well better be able to vote. Also it should have nothing to do with your employment status. Government decisions have large affects on more than the working man. and besides hte age you gave, 21, is an age where many people are still in college and unemployed. should people pursuing a degree not have the right to vote?

At LEAST 18.Sorry, I know many young folks who are mature enough before 18,and also that some people never grow up- but experience still IS the greatest teacher and the average person seems to have too little of it before going out in the world alone for awhile.You have to be 21 to even drink legally,for chrismassakes!

Should stay at eighteen, it's about the right age. Most people who are younger are too influenced by their parents and peers.

Over here you can vote at 18 (and they want to lower that to 16)..If you can marry, drive a car, have sex, pay taxes and be sent off to war at this age, you can vote. Louie , everyone is entitled to vote since policies affect everyone, not just those working. You should however be registered as a citizen and should have made contributions into the country.

16 years old. Why? Because there are many 16-year olds who have jobs and have their own lives already. Trust me on that.

21 years old and each person who votes should have a job or be married to an employed individual.People who do not work should not have the power to elect officials that will in turn affect the working man/woman.

I think the voting age at 18 is pretty damn good as it is. At 18 your old enough to know what is going on in the world. Any thing younger your vote may not be serious and there might not be good reason behind this.

if someone is able to form an informed opinion on the issues i believe they should be allowed to vote. i would much rather have a 16 year old in the voting booth than behind the wheel of a car.

I think it is good where it is.

I like 18 just fine. I can't vote yet, but I'm not anxious. I'd rather wait until I actually know what I'm doing, before I decide who could run the country.

I don't deny that there are some intellegent and mature youngsters who happen to be under eighteen (in fact, those qualities better prepare the kids for adulthood), but that doesn't change my thoughts that the miniumum voting age should always stay eighteen. It would change our country drastically even if it were lowered just by a couple of years. I don't think we have that to worry about, anyway, because the majority of the people probably wouldn't go for it. Don't get so antsy, kids!

18 should stay the legal voting age

I'd love to vote. I think as soon as you get a job and start paying taxes like me, then you should be allowed to vote.

18 is fine, no reason for a change.

I think it's fine how it is.

I guess at whatever age you can figure out how to use a butterfly ballot . . .