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episode 1: The politics of a lower voting age
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