Voting Age Quotes

• Lo democrático no es votar, sino contar.

  Tom Stoppard

  Gente Falsa, Libertad, Las Democracias Tienen

  Jumpers act 1 (1972) Véase Nast 1; Somoza 1

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• I am not sure that we would always want 16-year-olds to do all the things they can do. I am afraid that I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman on the voting age. I think that it should remain as it is.

  Tony Blair

  Thinking, Years, Gentleman

  House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. June 6, 2008.

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• La juventud estadounidense atribuye mucha más importancia a llegar a la edad del carné de conducir que a la edad de votar.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Reality, Political, Politics

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• I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there.

  Birch Bayh

  People, Vietnam, Able

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• Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.

  Nancy Lublin

  Believe, United States, Should

  "Lower the Voting Age" by Nancy Lublin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2009.

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• But did you know that during the past quarter century, no presidential election has been won by more than ten million ballots cast? Yet every federal election during the same time period had at least one hundred million people of voting age who did not bother to vote!

  Andy Andrews

  Past, People, Presidential

  Andy Andrews (2012). “How Do You Kill 11 Million People? (International Edition): Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think”, p.45, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• In 2012, Hispanics were 10 percent of the electorate, underperforming their share of the voting-age population. Mitt Romney got 21 percent of their vote, and [Donald] Trump has been polling much lower than that.

  Mara Liasson

  Population, Vote, Share

  Fuente: www.npr.org

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• Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement a voluntary military service in replacement of the current compulsory military service.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Military, Years, Want

  Entrevista de la BBC, news.bbc.co.uk. 30 de marzo de 2004.

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