Having said that, I’m finding some of the arguments the other way here fairly convincing.
But conversely, I remember in 2010 I asked a youth group what they thought the main parties were about. They said that Labour were about making education better and the Conservatives were about making the NHS better. None of them remembered that the Conservatives massively underfunded the NHS and always prioritised tax cuts over public services. I was right. They were wrong.
So much this. 16 year olds rarely know (or care) much about politics, AT ALL.
This will make it much more likely that young people will acquire the habit of not voting.
Make them wait till they want it.
Having said that, I’m finding some of the arguments the other way here fairly convincing.
But conversely, I remember in 2010 I asked a youth group what they thought the main parties were about. They said that Labour were about making education better and the Conservatives were about making the NHS better. None of them remembered that the Conservatives massively underfunded the NHS and always prioritised tax cuts over public services. I was right. They were wrong.