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UK to lower voting age to 16

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UK to lower voting age to 16

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United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days ago

16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election as government says it will lower voting age in UK

Lowering the voting age across the UK means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

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Yeah, considering how good right wing influencers are at, well, influencing young people, this may not be good news.
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  Given that in the 2024 election the two most left wing groups (lab+lib+green voting) were 18-24 women followed by 18-24 men, probably not.

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