Stability and change in partisan political identification: Implications for lowering the voting age
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DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101210
Abstract: Abstract Around the globe, governments are experimenting with lowering the voting age to 16-years-old as a way to turn around recent declines in civic participation. However, one concern is that younger voters will be more… read more here.
Keywords: age; stability change; lowering voting; voting age ... See more keywords
Adolescents provide more complex reasons for lowering the voting age than do adults: Evidence from national convenience samples.
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DOI: 10.1037/dev0001366
Abstract: Debates about lowering the voting age often center on whether 16- and 17-year-old adolescents possess sufficient cognitive capacity and political knowledge to participate in politics. Little empirical research has examined age differences in adolescents' and… read more here.
Keywords: age adults; voting age; age; lowering voting ... See more keywords