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The politics of a lower voting age
Manage episode 356467297 series 2902237
How can the voice of children and young people count if they aren't counted in elections? When you turn 16 you can drive a car, consent to medical procedures and pay taxes—but you can’t vote.
Professor Lisa Hill explains why we’re so scared of giving younger people a vote, and shares fascinating research about 16 and 17-year-olds in the voting booth.
Useful Links
- Voting at 16: Does lowering the voting age lead to more political engagement? Evidence from a quasi-experiment in the city of Ghent Cambridge University Press
- Condorcet’s Theorem 1000-Word Philosophy
- Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey The Lancet
65 episodes
Manage episode 356467297 series 2902237
How can the voice of children and young people count if they aren't counted in elections? When you turn 16 you can drive a car, consent to medical procedures and pay taxes—but you can’t vote.
Professor Lisa Hill explains why we’re so scared of giving younger people a vote, and shares fascinating research about 16 and 17-year-olds in the voting booth.
Useful Links
- Voting at 16: Does lowering the voting age lead to more political engagement? Evidence from a quasi-experiment in the city of Ghent Cambridge University Press
- Condorcet’s Theorem 1000-Word Philosophy
- Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey The Lancet
65 episodes
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