In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As I said, I spent most of my adult life thinking I didn't have a vote, and therefore that what I thought didn't matter.
Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.
I don't see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat.
American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.
Not even my parents know how I vote.
I started out as a 16 year old registering people to vote.
Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.
During my campaign, people of my age and younger said consistently that they would not vote because their votes simply no longer matter and because no government or member of Parliament cared a whit about their problems and their striving for employment.
I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to vote back in the early '70s. I ran for the Board of Education.
I have voted in every election that I have been qualified to vote in since I turned 18.