| !6 is the age for medical consent, and I believe that if we are able to choose what medicines and treatments we receive, we should also have a say in how our country, that we live in, should be governed. |
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| 16 YEAR OLDS ARE NOT PROPERLY INFORMED ON THESE ISSUES. |
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| 16 Years old work therefore should be allowed to vote |
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| 16 is not mature enough, you are an idiot when you are 16 |
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| 16 is old enough to understand and have an opinion on political issues |
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| 16 is the youth, which is the future therfore most effected |
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| 16 is too young I feel people may not be fully educated on the topic and so cannot make an informed choice |
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| 16 is too young and their vote is most likely influenced. |
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| 16 is too young for people to make that decision |
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| 16 is too young to make a decision that large and too influencial |
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| 16 is too young you surely would not know on the right choice to make |
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| 16 y/o are not responsible enough to make major decisions regarding politics (not appropriatley informed) |
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| 16 year ol people are educated if not more so on politics as older genrations |
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| 16 year olds are capable of making intelligent and rational choices. Our opinion matters! |
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| 16 year olds are entirely capable of forming political opinions and not allowing them to vote silences almost an entire generation |
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| 16 year olds are independent and responsible to make decisions. Outcome effects them. |
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| 16 year olds are mature at this age. |
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| 16 year olds are mature enough to makea rational vote and this gives an opportunity for everyones voice to be heard |
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| 16 year olds are more aware of politics nowadays and are being affected by politics. |
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| 16 year olds are not a mature enough age to take it seriously |
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| 16 year olds are not mature enough to make decisions. Especially important things like voting. For example drinking age is 18 and there is a reason. |
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| 16 year olds are the future of Northern Ireland and we should absolutely have a say in our own future |
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| 16 year olds are usually knowledgable and responsible enough to make informed decisions. Also, decisions made through voting will often affect them for the rest of their lives, so they should have a say. |
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| 16 year olds can know just as much about politics as adults so should have a say. |
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| 16 year olds can legally do so many things, like get married, have kids, live independently and are expected to make decisions that will effect the rest of their like like A Levels or to leave school. Why shouldn't they be able to vote for politicians th |
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| 16 year olds don't always know about the voting options available |
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| 16 year olds don’t have enough of an understanding of politics |
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| 16 year olds have a maturity level very comparable to 18 year olds |
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| 16 year olds have little to no knowledge to do with this I think 18 is a good age. |
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| 16 year olds like myself should have a say in our own future, we can get married and die for our country why cant we vote. |
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| 16 year olds should have the option to vote |
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| 16 year olds will be here longer and know about the situations in NI |
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| 16 years is still a very young age to decide who best represents your political beliefs and interests. |
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| 16 years old is still not mature enough to make proper decisions |
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| 16 yr olds have a much better understanding of issues than the older generation. |
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| 16 yr olds have more to live so they’ll be there for the future |
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| 16byear olds have a voice too and should tell people their opinions |
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| 18 is going enough, a lot of young people don't understand politics like myself so they don't really care |
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| 18 years old is an arbitrary number and serves no benchmark of maturity, many 18 year olds are much less qualified to vote and show much less of an interest to do so |
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| 90% of people my age know nothing about politics and vote on ideology. |
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| A lot of 16 year olds don't understand politics, which could have dangerous impacts. |
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| A lot of people my age don’t care |
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| A lot of young people don't know the history of NI or don't watch the news or anything to know what they're voting for. |
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| A vast amount of 16 year olds are more knowledgeable about the politics of Northern Ireland than a lot of adults. Also the things we would be voting for affect 16 year olds future too, maybe more so than those older |
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| Able to form opinion of their own (most of 16 year olds) |
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| Although I would like it, some young people are not aware enough of politics to make an educated decision without being influenced by family or other pressures |
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| Although many 16 year olds are capable of voting, the majority don't possess an interest in politics, this lowering the voting age wouldn't be necessary. |
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| Although personally I would take part, a lot of people my age wouldn't fully think things through and ultimately it could be worse than it not being lowered |
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| Although the youth should be listened to, 16 is not mature enough to know enough to vote |
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| Any political reform that was being made, by the time it was implemented, would affect our future without our say |
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| Aren??t mature enough |
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| As 16 is still classed as a child age |
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| As 16 year olds may not be educated enough about politics |
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| As I am 16 I do not think that my peers have the maturity to vote in elections and I do not think I would be capable of doing so as I don't quite understand politics well enough to vote. |
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| As I believe it's like there political opinions is not likely to change by the time they turn 18 so give them the right to express there opinions and make a change - |
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| As I would like to vote at that age |
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| As a politics student I have the knowledge of how the voting system works and of political parties, even if I didn't do politics, I still have the ability to make my own decisions of the country I live in |
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| As in regarding to brexit, the changes made will be the changes to affect our generation therefore we should be allowed a vote. If you can raise a child you should surely have the mental capacity to play a part in making a decision that's going to affect |
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| As most people even at 18 do not understand and do what family does |
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| As most people would have no idea what or who they are voting for like myself |
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| As the adults of tomorrow have no say on how their world is right now. |
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| As the working age is 16 and they are mature at this age. |
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| As the younger generation is much more integrated and divided -much more opinions |
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| As this will be who the vote will be affecting in the future |
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| As we are still young we may not all understand or have an interest |
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| As we are the next generation and should have a say in our future |
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| As young should get a say in what happens |
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| At 16 most people are still figuring out their opinions and are immature |
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| At 16 most people arent mature or educated enough to vote! |
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| At 16 you are mature enough to make informed decisions. The EU referendum and the choice of Brexit will affect young people more in the future than those 50+, so they should be involved in decisions like this in the future. - |
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| At 16 you are old enough to understand what your voting for |
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| At 16 you can marry, create life and serve in the army, yet aren't mature enough to vote? |
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| At 18 we have more of an idea of what beliefs and what we want for ourselves but also our community's and country. At 16 we wouldn't have a wide knowledge of the politics and how they actually work, we only have an idea. |
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| At the age of 16 we are still legally children and the majority are immature and clueless about politics to know what they are even voting for. At the age of sixteen its too much pressure to worry about who we are going to vote for. |
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| At the age of 16 you are allowed to join the army but not vote |
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| At the age of 16 your opinion and beliefs are heavilly influenced by you parents. |
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| At this age I'm still not really interested in politics but I know of people who are, so changing the age would benefit some people but not all people. |
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| Ba cheart go mbeadh v??ta ag daoine at?° 16 mbliana d'aois de thairbhe go dt?©ann a l?°n de na ruda?? i bhfeidhm orainn chomh maith ar n??s fhosta??ocht, oideachais srl. Agus ag an bhomaite t?° na daoine f?°sta ag d?©anamh preachas ioml?°n de ch??r |
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| Based on many of my peers, I doubt that many would be sure enough or well informed enough to make a proper choice and many votes would go unused |
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| Because 16 year olds are going to be directly affected by there decisions in the near future |
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| Because 16 year olds are the people who will be affected most by the decisions and are old enough to decide whats best for them |
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| Because 16 year olds have just as good opinions about these views. |
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| Because if it was lowered to 16 we'd have a say. |
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| Because issues affect us at 16 years old |
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| Because it is out future |
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| Because it is their future |
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| Because it's our future that the voting affects not 80 year old pensioners |
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| Because my generation is more modern and are generally open-minded/it is our future |
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| Because people still understand what they are doing at 16, its their future |
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| Because teenagers shouldn’t. The voting is for adults. |
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| Because the laws made will almost certainly impact on me so I wish to have my say |
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| Because there would be more people voting which gives a better representation |
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| Because they are the ones who may have to deal with it in the future |
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| Because they don’t know what will happen and their mind is too young |
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| Because we are adults too at 16 |
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| Because we are not mature enough at 16, even when I am 18 I may vote but have little interest in it as parties do a bad job in Northern Ireland |
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| Because we are the future generation that's going to be affected by these choices |
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| Because we are the next generation |
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| Because we don’t know much about the subject |
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| Because we should have a say in very important events such as brexit |
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| Because young people should be allowed to vote for things to change for their future. |
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| Being able to vote would enable young people to be able to have a say in their future |
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| By 16 people are mature and have developed their opinion on issues to have the vote. |
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| By age 16, people have developed a well judged and educated decision about politics and should have the right to have their voice heard |
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| By allowing 60+ year olds to vote about things like Brexit and abortion laws you are allowing them to have a say in something in which they are unlikely to live through or have to think about. 16 year olds are the future and by not allowing them to have a |
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| Changing the voting age to 16 would allow the younger generation to voice their opinion and influence the country. |
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| Children of 16 ages are effected by political decisions |
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| Decisions currently being made in votes e.g. Brexit will effect my future |
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| Decisions made benefits the younger generation |
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| Decisions made by a vote effect those of all ages |
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| Decisions made by political parties can affect our future |
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| Decisions made by the older generations will affect us more then the us will have to live with the decisions we did want. |
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| Doesn't need to be changed - |
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| Doesn’t concern me |
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| Don’t know anything about political parties. |
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| Don’t understand it and im 17 |
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| Due to the increasing interest in politics and policies, (ie. politics classes, class discussions, social media and news websites/apps) many teenagers find themselves more politically aware than there more elderly counterparts and should therefore be allo |
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| Encourage greater participation from a younger age, simplify and explain process and importance in school. |
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| Even the political parties don’t know what they are talking about half the time. |
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| Everyone should be able to vote- not descriminated against because of age. |
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| Everyone should be given a say in their future. |
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| Everyone should have an equal right to vote |
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| Everyone that has an understanding of voting should vote |
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| Firstly we pay taxes but don’t get to have a say in how to spend them? I believe 16 yo's are more informed then politicians believe I would be an informed voter if only I could vote. |
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| From the age of 16 I think teenagers should have the right to vote as they are no longer children but are young adults. Also the older generation are making decisions for the younger generation however (not to be blunt) but they are going to die before us |
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| Generally, all 16 year olds don’t care about politics but rather their Alevels |
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| Give more of an opportunity to select the right people and have their say at 16. |
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| Give us a voice |
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| Gives everybody a chance politically. |
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| Gives more people a voice they deserve |
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| Gives the younger people a better say |
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| Gives younger people a say |
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| Gives younger society a chance to decide on their own future |
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| Have to make the decision at an early age as it can change whatever way in the future |
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| Huge decisions like Brexit are things that affect younger generations more than older generations yet they hold all the power and have the most to gain financially from it. The young suffer from the choices of the old. |
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| I am essentially treated as an adult. On a day to day basis I am told to act my age and set an example because I am not a child anymore. I am old enough to have a job, book my own medical appointments etc however I find it ridiculous that when the subject |
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| I am not 16 and I would like to be able to vote and share my opinion. |
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| I am not educated enough about this to have a say |
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| I am sixteen and a lot of my friends who are the same age, don’t have enough info to make a justified decision, myself included |
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| I believe 16 is too young to make a well explored decision and some people may be influenced by their parents. |
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| I believe at 16 people are still too immature |
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| I believe at this age a personally is mentally and emotionally mature enough to make informed decisions about our community - |
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| I believe decisions made have an impact on our futures - e.g Brexit |
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| I believe i have a good enough understanding and most votings will affect my generation not the generation voting. |
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| I believe it is important that young peoples voices are heard especially now in our political climate as we are dealing with Brexit... I also feel as though 16 year olds should be able to vote in issues such as same sex marriage and abortion |
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| I believe many 16 year olds are politically interested and should be able to vote |
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| I believe most 16 year olds are not fully informed on political matters as family members opinions heavily influence their views and they may not have fully developed their own personal independent opinions. |
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| I believe most students aren't given adequate information about what their vote means and who they're voting for and I think a more informed decision would be made at 18. |
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| I believe people at my age are competant enough to have a say |
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| I believe that 16 year olds are mature enough to make political decisions and to have their views fairly and equally represented. |
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| I believe that 16 year olds nowadays are more politically enlightened, and should have a say in what goes on within their own country. |
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| I believe that 16 year olds should be allowed to vote as it's their future that decisions will impact them the most |
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| I believe that 16 year olds should be trusted to make an informed decision when it comes to voting because its our future that is affected when political decisions are made and its frustrating to not be able to control it. |
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| I believe that if we have opinions we should be able to get them across rather than be silenced |
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| I believe that in this day and age, young people are becoming more and more mature. We are at a point where young people are forced to bare the consequences of huge, life changing decisions, and yet we have no say. It is despicable to me, that governments |
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| I believe that many young peoples' voices should be heard and be given a right to vote for a candidate who represents their political views, especially on issues of education and employment. I shall give an example. At age sixteen we are given a national |
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| I believe that sixteen year olds are the most unsung voices in Northern Ireland |
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| I believe the voting age should be lowered to 16, like Scotland because we are moving in to a time where 16 year old are starting to be considered more mature. People are quick to say that they will only vote for what their family votes for but however th |
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| I believe the young people in Northern Ireland have a lot to offer and that our voices should be heard by the government because we are the next generation. |
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| I believe we should have the chance to vote as I don't fully agree that our opinions are listened to or are considered. |
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| I believe young people don’t have the opportunity to use their voice in NI |
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| I do not believe that the majority of 16 year olds are mature enough and know enough about the world and politics to vote |
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| I do not feel that people of the age of 16 understand the effects or the possible impacts that their vote may have. most are not socially aware of a lot of things happening in northern Ireland - |
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| I do not have an interest in politics at this age |
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| I do think the younger generation should have more or an opinion on the government and issues within our own country as we grow up feeling that we don't get listened to before we are 18, when most of us are making big decisions in our own lives even befor |
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| I don't believe people are mature enough at age 16 to be authorised with the power to vote. It may lead to more serious issues. |
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| I don't feel that a 16 year old will have enough information to vote |
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| I don't feel that people are mature enough to vote at this age. |
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| I don't it would be very beneficial as I think most 16 year olds are more interested in social media rather than politics. |
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| I don't know what i would be voting for- not enough knowledge |
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| I don't know. My interests tend to evolve elsewhere |
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| I don't mind |
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| I don't think 16 years old is old enough to make informed decisions about politics |
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| I don't think 16/17 year olds would be mature enough |
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| I don't think enough 16 year olds are educated enough to make that decision and also do not care enough to make a decision like that |
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| I don't think that 16 year olds are mature enough. As they are to easily swayed by celebrities and music icons actions and they try to mimic them. This could be extremely dangerous for all political parties. |
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| I don’t believe 16 year olds know enough about the consequences of political views |
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| I don’t feel educated enough |
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| I don’t fully understand it all, I would prefer to know more before I vote |
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| I don’t gain any knowledge between 16-18 I am able to take the most important exams of my life. Therefore I should be able to vote for my future. |
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| I don’t have an opinion on this. |
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| I don’t know |
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| I don’t know enough about politics to vote |
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| I don’t know much, if anything about politics so I couldn’t make the decision |
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| I don’t think 16 is a mature enough age. |
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| I don’t think 16 year olds completeley understand or even mature enough |
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| I don’t think it would make a difference |
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| I don’t think that at this age someone is mature enough to make the right decision. |
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| I feel 16 to 17 year olds have a good sense of politics and what should be done in response to certain issues |
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| I feel 16 year olds are mature enough to understand |
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| I feel 16 year olds have valid opinions which may affect future generations. |
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| I feel 17 should be a good age as it is our future after all. |
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| I feel I could make a good vote |
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| I feel as if people who are under the voting age don’t have freedom to express their opinion on political issues |
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| I feel as if that 16 is an appropriate age to vote as you become more poltically aware |
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| I feel as though 16 year olds are mature enough to consciously make decisions about their opinions and futures, and so should be allowed to vote for their beliefs if they choose |
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| I feel at 16 not mature enough to know what decision to make and would just follow the lead from family |
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| I feel at sixteen you are able to make accurate decisions, and we should be given a choice too |
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| I feel in some cases when it affects our future so greatly it should be lowered |
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| I feel like 16 year olds have been educated enough and can make an informed decision about politics in their area and should be allowed to have a say. |
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| I feel like a lot of the younger generation are more knowledgeable on the topic of politics due to learning about the topic in school and through the use of social media. I feel like we, as a generation, are also more open-minded and more welcoming to cha |
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| I feel like at age 16 you don’t know enough about it. |
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| I feel like at the age of 16, the majority of teenagers are not yet responsible or aware enough of poticial issues to have a say in the matter. |
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| I feel like we should have a voice as we are well educated |
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| I feel ready to vote. |
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| I feel some 16 year olds aren't mature enough |
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| I feel that if 16 year olds were allow to vote, it would encourage them to research and understand what exactly is happening in their country. If would allow them to have a say in their future. |
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| I feel that if Brexit had been opened to 16+ then the UK would have voted to remain in the EU, which I would prefer. |
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| I feel that if young people were given a chance to vote, it would cause them to research and learn about their government before they actually vote. This is vital for the future of our country, as the people of the UK should know about the political part |
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| I feel that people my age are not mature enough. They wouldn’t understand the consequences of their decisions |
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| I feel that policies and decisions being made today affect our age group the most so we should have a say |
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| I feel that the voting age should remain at 18 because most young people would be swayed very easily in school and by parents. Most young people now wouldn't vote by what the manifesto says, rather what their "side" says. I personally feel that when i am |
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| I feel that we could not make a sensible decision |
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| I feel very strongly that I was denied a democratic and human right in not being able to vote in the Brexit vote. The outcome of that vote will affect me for a much longer time than many of the older people who voted, yet I was given no say in it. This is |
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| I have good knowledge of local politics better than many people eligible to vote just because of their age |
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| I know I don’t know enough. I may have said yes if we received more education in it. |
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| I personally would like to vote, however most 16-17 year olds; their opinion is mostly based on what their parents/guardians say. therefore not representing their opinion as most would only hear one side of the story and go with the face of that as their |
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| I should have a say in my future |
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| I still believe that not all people who are 16 are mature |
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| I still don't feel 16 years is mature enough |
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| I thiink we are mature enough to make decisions regarding the future of our country |
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| I think 16 year old should be able to choose politicians to represent them |
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| I think 16 year olds are mature enough to vote |
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| I think 16 year olds are neither mature enough nor are they educated enough and to tend to simply reiterate friend or family ideals. |
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| I think 16 year olds should have larger say as we are the future of this country not the middle aged people who currently have a say who may be gone in a few years. One of the things I feel strongly about is climate change I think the older generation sho |
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| I think 18 is a good age as you are mature enough to vote. |
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| I think at 16 people are concious enough to vote |
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| I think because it will affect my future, I should be allowed to vote |
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| I think current age is more suitable as 16 year olds aren't fully mature |
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| I think it is abhorrent that in the brexit election the people that it will effect the longest (teens) were not given a say and yet people who will never see the effect got to vote on it. I also feel that political parties canvassing do not seem to care o |
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| I think it is good enough as is |
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| I think it should be lowered as young people are the future of the country and we should be able to vote for what we think is best for us and our futures. |
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| I think it would be better to be older to have more developed opinions |
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| I think it would be more beneficial as we would be able to have a say on our future |
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| I think its too young to vote under 16 |
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| I think more young people should be allowed to have a say in the future of their country and be able to express decisions being made as they influence them as much as they influence adults |
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| I think most 16 year olds wouldn’t take voting seriously |
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| I think my opinion would count |
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| I think some people would not take voting seriously and i think you should be more mature about voting |
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| I think that 16 year olds have valid opinions that should be listened to |
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| I think that 16 year olds should have a massive say on the decisions that are made. The decisions that are made affect 16 year olds when growing up and their future and will even affect their children and their future. Therefore i think 16 year olds shoul |
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| I think that 16 years should be allowed to vite as ut is going to impact their future and how the political landscape will play out for years to come |
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| I think that at 16 people are able enough to make sensible decisions regarding politics, however if the age was to be lowered schools should take more action to educate this age group about voting and what they're voting for. |
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| I think that not many you ger people would vote and also might not be mature enough to understand what there voting for |
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| I think that the voting age should be lowered as the younger generation ARE the future why should people who may not even be alive in the next ten years be allowed to vote and we can't? I just don't understand it we have a very important imput to put forw |
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| I think that there are many people age 16 that have a political opinion and should be able to express it |
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| I think that under 16 people have not yet an idea about how important this topic is |
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| I think the majority of people in Northern Ireland are very inappropriate and may vote for a party based are their religion and not what the party represents, which could not be beneficial for the future of Northern Ireland if people are making national d |
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| I think the voting age should be decrease because the choices our elders make are impacting our future and not theirs. The lower the age, the more likely it is for younger people to make positive changes, for the future that they believe in |
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| I think the younger generation should have a say as well because it is their future that will be affected |
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| I think we should have a say in decisions that affect our future |
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| I think will be great to let people who is age 16 to vote because they will ex prime their views |
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| I think you have to be at least 18 as at 16 you may not care enough to give a valid vote |
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| I think young adults need a chance to speak at the age of 16 and let their views be heard |
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| I want to vote for people that represent me |
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| I would feel more confident in voting when I am 18 |
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| I would like to have a say in matters of my own country as the decisions will affect my generation. |
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| I would like to have a say in the future of this country especially now since so much is changing and going to impact on my future. |
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| I wouldn't have voted at 16 but I might have if my family had therefore personally I've no opinion myself just yet |
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| I'm not aware of politicians or issues so I wouldn’t vote but I know people my age are and would vote. |
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| I'm not sure I'm well enough educated about politics to make an informed decision. |
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| I'm not sure because i'm not very different to how i was at age 12-13 so i'm pretty much still a child but others the same age might be older and ready to vote and understand it all |
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| I'm not sure because if it was lowered to 16 they wouldn't know who to vote for. On the other there are some 16 year olds who are interested in politics and would know who they want to vote for |
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| If 16 year olds were allowed to vote, the brexit outcome may have been greatly different. |
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| If sixteen year olds are concidered 'adults' in some aspects then they should be allowed to vote. |
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| If the individual has been educated to vote for policies rather then the tribal loyalty of their parents |
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| If the schools taught about politics I believe we would be mature enough to vote for our beliefs |
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| If we are living in this country to and we should be able to influence important decisions |
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| If we take the example of Brexit - that decision will hugely impact us; people turning 19 this year were only 16 when the vote took place, so this directly affects them even though they weren't of legal age to share their opinions. At 16, despite not bein |
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| If we're able to pay taxes we should be able to have say in what happens with that tax money |
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| If you are able to work and potentially be tried at 16 you should be able to have a voice in your country. |
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| If you can join the army and pay taxes at 16, you should be able to vote. |
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| If you lower the age then minors/younger adults opinions and views will be heard |
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| Im 16 and I don't feel I know enough to give a good opinion. |
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| Im not interested |
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| Im only 16 and I wouldn’t know who to vote for |
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| Important decisions on the future of children have been decided by adults therefore voting age should be lowered |
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| In all fairness to older people, the young people will be the one living in this country for a longer tine so it wouldn't make sense for their views to be heard more. However, if the voting age was changed there would have to be more education on politics |
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| In my humble opinion, i believe that such important voting opportunities such as Brexit or any other, should be open to ages 16+ as it is important that our views and opinions are taken into consideration especially due to the fact that these decisions ma |
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| In my opinion 16 year olds are educated enough to vote. At 16 you should be allowed a democratic voice and a say in what affects our future. |
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| In today's society with information at our fingertips and a much higher level of education, we should be able to influence the decisions that affect the society we are about to enter as young adults. For instance, university and education policies. |
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| It affects our future, which we should be in control of |
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| It can be alot of pressure for someone at the age of 16. |
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| It doesn’t really matter to me |
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| It effects everyone's future, its unfair that 16 years olds cannot vote |
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| It is able to gather more views to the people who the vote will matter to |
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| It is effecting younger peoples future so they should have a right to vote. |
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| It is our future that older people are voting on. |
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| It is our future we are the next generation that will be affected by the votes |
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| It is our future, so we must have a right to decide. |
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| It is our future, the result of votes will effect us, not old people |
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| It is our future, we should be able to vote for it |
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| It is our future. We should not let someone who may not be here change OUR future |
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| It is our future. Younger people would not have voted leave. |
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| It is the lives of the young people which is decided for them in Parliament |
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| It is unfair that only our elders can decide our future. We deserve to have a say. |
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| It should be adults only - |
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| It should be as at this age we are doing GSCE or the first year of A-levels which means if we are already controlling what we are doing in life why not control what is happening in politics. |
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| It should stay the same |
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| It will affect our lives more as we are younger |
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| It will be a vote for what I want. |
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| It will impact our future, 16 year olds should be allowed to vote. |
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| It would be a good way for younger people to express themselves and it would give them that bit of sense of being included |
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| It would get younger people into politics |
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| It would provide me with encouragement to learn more about local politics so that I can form an opinion and influence my future at a younger age. |
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| It's important to give young people a say in the way our country is run. We are the ones who have to live with the decisions made now, so we should be able to voice our opinion on them. |
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| It's our future to. Highlighting importance at a young age will make a better society. |
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| It's our future, it affects where we can work, travel and go to school. We deserve a say. |
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| It's the future of the youth that the people of northern Ireland are voting for and to not give the youth a say in the matter makes no sense. |
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| It's the next generations future, so we deserve a say |
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| It's us who have to grow up in the decision being made |
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| Its are future I think we should get a say in how things end up. |
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| Its our future |
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| Its our future that they are voting on |
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| Its our future that will be affected but we have no say. |
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| Its our future, we are we not allowed to decide what happens |
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| It’s the world we'll grow into, we deserve a say in the choices. |
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| Just as capable of making thorough decisions |
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| Kids should have a right to vote because its their future. |
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| Lots of people are set on their political views at this age |
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| Lowering the age of voting will allow more of the younger generation to be able to have the freedom of speech with their opinions. |
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| Majority of 16 year old's have a good enough understanding. 16 year old's have the right to work and be protected by the law, so they should have a say. |
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| Majority of people would either be immature or uninterested |
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| Majority of the issues concern 16 year olds and their future |
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| Many 16 year old's have formed political views that are as valid as anyone else's and they will have to live with the decisions being made and their future consequences, therefore they should have a say. |
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| Many 16 year olds are politically literate and are fully capable of making that decision |
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| Many 16 year olds have not developed their own opinions on politics and therefore would have an influenced vote most likely due to their parents. However we should be allowed to vote on major issues that will affect us such as Brexit. |
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| Many 16 year olds wouldn’t have the knowledge/ understanding to vote on current issues. Or may be influenced be family to vote for a certain party. |
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| Many are still too immature at this age. |
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| Many below the age of 18 lack the maturity to make a educated decision |
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| Many important decsions being made will primarily effect our current 16 year olds and their future |
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| Many of the issues talked about are concerning young people who are aged 16, and it is unfair that they do not get a say in how the decisions go. |
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| Many people at the age of 16 would not be fully knowledgable on what they are voting for |
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| Many people my age arent mature enough to vote |
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| Many younger people have more progressive views in my opinion |
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| Many younger people will be directly affected by these decisions |
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| May affect our future |
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| Millennials are far to easily swayed in opinion by the media and others such as friends. At 18, individuals are legal adults and are better suited to making there own conscientious decisions regarding politics. 16 is too young. |
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| Missing |
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| More people are mature at 18+ compared to 16 |
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| More voice |
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| More young people should be able to vote because it's their future. |
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| Most 16 year olds are not mature enough and don’t have enough life experience. |
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| Most 16 year olds are too immature and easily influenced |
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| Most 16 year olds don't have a clue how the world works |
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| Most 16 year olds will be too influenced by their parents and their closed communities |
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| Most 16/17 year olds are not well informed enough to vote. |
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| Most 16/17 yer olds don’t know enough and are too easily influenced |
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| Most individuals at age 16 do not have enough knowledge about voting |
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| Most people my age do understand politics and it's unfair that we won't have a say in our future when elderly people can vote and it won't effect them because most won't be alive to see anything happen |
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| Most people my age will not be able to have a well informed response. |
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| My generation is the future and it will include us in important issues |
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| Nearly all 16 year olds I know are politically iliterate and would just vite for who they get told they should vote for |
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| No |
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| No, because a lot of 16 year olds cant make proper decisions since they don’t know what is good for them. |
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| Northern Ireland's future is heavily influenced by pupils voting, as 16 year olds will be living the results of these results and how we (16 year olds) tend to have a more sectarian and open mindedness to things, we'd be miss represented if we are not all |
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| Not all 16 year olds are mature enough to vote. As someone who is below the voting age, I don’t feel I am informed enough about politics to vote |
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| Not all 16 year olds are mentally mature enough to make a decsion on this |
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| Not enough 16 year olds are educated enough to make informed decisions on behalf of the population |
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| Not full adults so not fully educated |
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| Not many 16 year olds will be fully aware of the impliations of voting or have enough knowledge on who to vote for |
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| Not mature enough |
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| Not mature enough at 16 |
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| Not mature enough to make decisions involving big decisions |
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| Not mature enough to research decisions properly |
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| Not mature or wise enough to make a huge decision |
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| Not responsible. |
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| Not sure if it is wise as they may still not have matured fully etc. |
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| Nowadays 16 year olds are more aware about politics than what people think. |
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| Often adults assume that just because we are young we are not wise. I am my friends often engage in talk about the political situation in Northern Ireland. Often votes are made about OUR futures and we are not even consulted. It seems that we are old enou |
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| Older people get to vote on making change for our future, when we will have to live |
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| Our future, our vote |
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| People are not informed enough |
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| People are not mature enough to vote at 16. For example, many protestants would just vote for DUP. Catholics would vote for Sinn Fein |
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| People aren't educated enough to make a decision |
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| People aren't matur enough and may be easily influenced |
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| People at 16 years old don’t understand politics |
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| People can leave school and work at this age meaning elections affect us. |
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| People may be immature and vote anyone for the sake of casting a vote. |
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| People my age are too easily influenced and shouldn't vote |
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| People my age don’t have a great enough interest (most people) |
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| People of 16 are still under a lot of influence from their parents. |
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| People of the younger generation have mostly forgotten about the past. Thus they should be allowed to vote. Even allowed to represent in Stormont. As everyone else solely reflects on the past. |
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| People this age arent educated enough |
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| People this young aren't mature enough to vote and make that decision. |
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| People underestimate the knowledge and understand of politics among 16 year olds |
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| People who are 16 years old they should be allowed to vote. |
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| People who are older are making decision for the further which the 16 year old who can't vote will have to life with |
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| Personally I don't know as some people aren't as aware and clued in as other when it comes to knowing what they will benefit from when they vote - |
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| Personaly a eye twards the future will hopefully, clean up the mess of the past |
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| Politicians feel no pressure to listen to the needs of young people, as they aren't able to vote. Introducing policy which harms young people will not make a difference to their share of the vote, as young people aren't included in the elections. Having a |
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| Politics needs more young voices as a lot of the people that are older are always stuck on voting for the same thing and won't change there mind as having younger ages being able to vote I think there would be a better view on politics while also educatin |
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| Referendum 2016-those who were 16 are now 18/19 and have no say/vote. |
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| Should change it to 16 because other people have an opinion |
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| Should stay the same |
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| Since we are the future population which policy making affects most of all. |
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| Skip |
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| So more people can have their opinion heard |
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| So younger people can decide their future |
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| Some 16 year olds are not sure what they would vote for as they are either immature and haven't got an interest or haven't been given an explaination as to what they bare voting for. On the other hand other 16 year olds are very up to speed and want to ha |
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| Some 16 year olds are responsible but others might be influenced. |
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| Some 16 year olds can be too immature and wouldn’t think |
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| Some are mature by that age others are still too biased |
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| Some may not be mature enough |
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| Some people at the age of 16 are not educated on topics they'd have to vote on |
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| Some people may be mature enough, but others not |
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| Some people may not be mature enough to properly think about who they're voting for, and what may happen if that person were to win. |
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| Some people not mature enough to have an opinion |
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| Some people simply believe what they were taught without having formed their own opinions, to me this is not disimilar to one person casting their vote multiple times, thus it should remain 18 so young people may form their own opinions |
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| Some very immature 16 years olds about who thinkits all a laugh |
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| Some young people have an interest in politics so they should be heard |
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| Specifically with the Brexit vote, by the time we leave, people who were 16 at the time of the vote will now be at the voting age and being effected by a vote they didnt get a say on. Overall, most teenagers today take an active interest in politics and t |
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| Still 18 because I feel we will have a responsibility and learn to do things ourselves. |
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| T 16 teens have knowledge on politics and know what they want |
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| Teenagers should be able to vote on what they think is right instead of people deciding for them |
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| The age of consent is 16 so young people should be given a vote |
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| The age should be lowered to 16 because it's OUR FUTURE ahead of us that will be affected not people who have already studied and found work. |
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| The brexit referendum will affect young people more than the older generation as it will influence their future |
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| The future belongs to us |
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| The future is the young people of the country. |
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| The issues, such as Brexit should be voted on by 16 year olds as they are the ones who have to live with the consequences |
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| The majority of 16 year old's that i know are at least in some way interested or invested into politics as Brexit and Northern Ireland politics in general have been a hit topic. The "Politics" class for GCSE and A Level students is one of the most subscri |
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| The majority of 16 year olds have little to no interest in current affairs, if the majority of 16 year olds went out to vote many would make misinformed decisions |
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| The majority of 16 yer olds are not educated enough on the world or politics |
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| The more votes/opinions we have on political matters, or any matter really, the larger the sample group there would be and, effectively, a more accurate representation of the overall opinion. |
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| The older population have very different and prejudice views |
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| The opinions of young people are equally as important as those of older people |
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| The problem is that I know many 16-18 years old who would be beyond mature enough to be responsible with voting, but I'm also aware of those at that age not mature enough. - But the same could easily be said about any age group if I'm to be honest. So whe |
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| The reason I said no was solely because at 16 , my views and beliefs were influenced by my parents. I didn't agree with what they were saying but didn't know no better. I don't really know much about politics either because it didn't interest me at the ti |
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| The reprocussions of voting change our lives as much as anyone. |
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| The results of the voting may heavily impact my future and I would like to have a voice in the matter. |
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| The votes effect the younger generation so they should get a say |
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| The younger generation is the future, we deserve a say in the running of our country. |
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| Then I can know I have a say about were I live and what happens |
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| There are many people my age who are very knowledgeable and mature. |
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| There are sensible 16 year olds who understand why they would vote for a specific pary and the effcts it would have. |
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| There are too many immature people who are still 16 |
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| There is a fine line at the age of 16, some people will know about politics and will have an idea of there own agenda, some people will just vote for someone because it's either protestant or Catholic. If you lowered the voting age to 16 nothing would cha |
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| There is not a huge maturity difference between 16 and 18. I believe there are 16 year olds that could make more informed and education voting decisions than an 18 year old. It is legal to get married, get a job, join the armed forces at 16- need to be r |
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| There is not a significant difference in the maturity and common sense of the average 16- and 17-year-olds and the average 18-year-old. |
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| They are too retarded |
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| They deserve a say in amtters that will affect them when entering adulthood |
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| They have opinions too |
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| They should be included in big things like Brexit |
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| They will be the people that the votes affect more than an 80 year old. |
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| Things happening in Northern Ireland have an affect on us teenagers too and so I believe we should have a say |
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| Think that younger people have the right to vote |
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| This is because its their future and they should have the right to decide what it is going to be like |
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| To educate enough to know why of what others have told us. |
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| To give the younger generation a voice for their future, but I feel we need to be educated more on parties and their policies |
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| To give younger people a louder voice in Northern Ireland |
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| Too many young people that would vote for just “green and orange”. - |
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| Too young at 16 |
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| Too young to be able to vote. Not enough experience in life to be honest |
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| Too young to know how to vote |
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| Too young to really understand or care |
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| Too young too decide |
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| Trust others in my sphere but don't trust others with less education and insight |
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| Vast majority of 16/17s would vote based on parents influence. |
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| Voters aged 16 may be still open to influence. Vote may not be their own preference. |
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| Voters should mostly be relatively well-informed about their opinions and have thought about them over time. The law on this should err on the side of caution, and lowered to 16 seems like a larger risk than necessary |
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| We are allowed to leave school and start to get jobs. As such I think we should be able to have our opinions expressed better by being able to vote for ourselves, as we are now actually becoming a part of society. |
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| We are mature enough at the age of 16 to decide about sex, the same thing should be applied for voting |
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| We are mature enough to leave school and go to work. In the end, the biggest effects which come from referendums such as brexit will be on us. We should get to vote for our future. |
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| We are more engaged then ever and policies decided now affect us most we deserve a say |
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| We are more mature and responsible than we are given credit for. We should be able to make decisions which effect our future. |
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| We are not listened to |
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| We are old enough to have developed views and opinions |
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| We are old enough to make rational decisions about our future |
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| We are still to young to form our own opinion |
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| We are the future generation so we should be able to put our points and views across |
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| We are the generation who will impact the most from the decision |
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| We are the next generation and it is about our future |
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| We are the youth of Northern Ireland, factors that are voted on effect our lives and the future we have to live in so why shouldn't we be able to vote on our own future? Implement changes that we want to see |
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| We are to young to truly understand what we are voting for and could be easily swayed |
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| We don't get a say in what goes on in Northern Ireland |
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| We have a modern look on life in NI |
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| We have a voice that needs to be heard |
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| We should be able to have a say in things that are affecting us |
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| We should be allowed to vote as it will impact our future more than older citizens who have the ability to vote. Regardless of our age we should have a say in our future. |
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| We should have a say in our future |
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| We should have a say in what is going to happen in our future as we are the next generation and will be growing up with the decisions made |
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| We should have a say on what goes on this is the society we grew up in! |
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| We should have an imput on our future |
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| We should have say |
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| We shouldn’t let adults decide what they want when young people have to live in it |
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| We're expected to follow the law but have no say in making it, it affects us too. |
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| We're old enough to work so we should be old enough to vote |
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| Well I think majority of people would want this personally I don’t care |
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| What the outcome of the vote is has a major impact on what 16 year olds and their future |
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| When there is a vote it is mainly for the young generations futures not for the older generation |
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| When topics apply to the younger generation it shouldn’t just be older people having a say |
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| When you are 16 you are not at the same level of maturity as an 18 year old. |
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| When your 16 you can understand politics and should have a voice to vote |
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| When your 16 you don’t know a lot about it, that you will end up choosing something for convienience. |
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| While some people at the age of 16 are mature others are not so lowering the voting age to 16 may not be the best idea and so I am not sure |
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| Why should the lives of younger people be decided by elders? |
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| Yes |
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| You can fight and die at 16 for your country but not vote for it. |
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| You must be 18 years old to use a tanning bed, yet you can marry, join the army and dink (kinda) at age 16. It makes no sense. Lowering the voting age did not seem to become an issue to me until brexit. |
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| Young adults should be involved in the decisions made about the country they live in whether that may affect them directly or indirectly. |
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| Young people are going to become the voice of society- we should have a say! |
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| Young people are heavily effected by politics in comparison to the older demographic. This mainly applies to topics such as gay marriage and then student loans etc. With the resources at our finger tips young people are becoming more politically aware of |
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| Young people are more informed than is thought |
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| Young people are the future of the country and should be able to vote |
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| Young people are the future, they should be allowed to take part in decisions that will affect their future, many young people have good ideas of how to help and how to make the country a better place but are rarely listened to as they are "too young to u |
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| Young people aren't always experienced enough to make an informed decision on who/what to vote for |
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| Young people could have different views than adults |
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| Young people have a much better outlook and we are not held back or influenced by the past or the troubles. We are much more willing to change and the decisons made will affect us the most. |
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| Young people participate more when they feel they're being taken seriously |
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| Young people should be able to fully express their political opinion officially (in a vote) |
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| Young people should be allowed a say in their country |
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| Young people should have a say in their future and not have it dictated by older people who cannot understand that times are changing and we do not still live in the 20th century. |
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| Young people still have valid educated opinions |
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| Young peoples votes should be heard |
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| Younger generation is affected by the older generations decision |
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| Younger opinions matter |
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| Younger people are generally more open minded and don't have traditional views that older generations have. I think lowering the voting age could contribute to a more progressive society. Additionally, I think younger people are becoming more engaged in p |
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| Younger people are more open minded and it is their (our) future, (we) they should get a say! |
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| Younger people generally are not intelligent enough to fully understanding who/what it is they are voting for. |
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| Younger people should be heard as it could be affecting them in the future like Brexit |
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| Younger people should share their opinion as it affects them most |
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| Younger people would make a difference in the say of decisions and may also be more enthusiastic than voters of the older generation, who may be only voting for the sake of it. I feel younger people also have an important opinion that matters. |
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| as the these changes will have an impact on young people in the near future and therefore they should have a say |
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| because adults are voting for a future in northern Ireland one in which half them are not gonna be in were as the younger generation is and should be allowed to vote for what they want there future to be |
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| because its is the youngers generations future aswell and they should also have a say. |
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| chance to shape own future |
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| give young people a chance to speak |
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| i believe i am well informed about politics and i am mature enough to make decisions about our country |
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| i believe that lowering the voting age would help many young people be able to express their own beliefs and help contribute towards improving a world which will one day be left for them. |
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| i feel like 16 year olds should have had a decision when voting to leave the EU in the brexit referendum |
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| i live here too so i should be able to vote - |
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| i want to make a difference and voice my own personal opinion |
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| ideally yes but we need to learn more about northern irish politics in school - |
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| in my opinion at 16 years of age we are influenced by media and other peoples opinions. we can be manipulated and we often dont have our own point of view and sometimes we are scared and unsure of our personal opinions. 18 is the age for voting as I belie |
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| it is our future and we should have a say now rather than having to wait when it could be an important vote we cannot vote in yet. |
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| it shouldn't be changed as people younger may be too immature and not know enough about who they are voting for |
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| it would be kinda cool to vote |
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| it would only be fair if the young people had a vote |
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| its our lives affected |
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| most 16 year olds have little to no interest in politics and are easily swayed by political groups that lean heavily to either side of the political spectrum |
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| most decisions made will directly affect us either now or in years to come, I feel that 16 year olds are as informed as most adults and are actually less subjective to bias having not been as directly affected by the troubles |
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| no because people at 16 are still maturing and should learn more before voting |
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| no need, our voice will b eheard in two years. it may also lead to a slippery slope |
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| not that many 16 year olds follow politics |
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| people aged 16 and over can work and provide for the economy so therefore they should be able to influence politically. |
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| people are of a understsnding of politics at 16yrs |
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| politicians decisions will ultimately effect teenagers |
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| politicians make decisions affecting our futures and not the older generation who have already lived |
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| some 16:17 year olds are still very immature! they may make a wrong decision or not really think about what desision they are making or how it may affect others. i think they should have their say and opinions, but not to officially vote |
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| some not responsible enough |
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| the younger generation is the ones having to lie with the consequences of an older generations vote which isn't fair and lowering the voting age would likely result in us being more educated about politics in school |
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| these elections and political decision are or will be affecting me and my future I feel strongly that I should have a say and have an input on my views and and opinions |
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| to young to understand |
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| we are all going to be living in northern Ireland/Ireland everyone should have a right to say how they feel things should lay out just because there are those older than us does not mean we do not have a say and wont be affected by the outcome. |
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| we do politics in school and understand our responsibilities |
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| we have galaxy brain |
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| while i think that its important for people my age to have more of a say, i know a lot of people who wouldn't think any sort of vote through and choose without thinking. keeping the age as it is may give them more time to mature in that sense |
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| you can fight in wars for your country but cannot make a change in your own country |
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| young people are going to be living here for longer, so why not let us make decisions that will affect us more? |
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| young people will be living in a world which the issues that people are voting on, so I think they should have a say |
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