There has to be a legal definition, which is going to be a set age. You may have been an adult, physically and mentally, when you were 15. Many 15 year olds aren't.
I don't think 16 year olds should get a political vote, no. I don't think prisoners or permanent non-residents, such as me, should either. I don't think a 62 year old news reader should be allowed legally to have a sexual relationship with either a 17 yo girl or boy. Many on here will disagree with me and have different opinions, but we're not going to change anything.
Not generally in favour but had there been an age limit proposed for the brexit referendum I might have supported that on the grounds that it was a one off, irreversible vote affecting older people far less than younger ones. I asked my elderly mum how she voted, ‘err, don’t know, the one at the bottom I think’.
Some much for universal suffrage, why not go further and exclude anyone you think may vote differently to you? Also there's few guarantees in life as to what age you'll draw your terminal breath. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
I asked my elderly mum how she voted, ‘err, don’t know, the one at the bottom I think’.[/QUOTE] At least she voted
Oxford dictionary definition of universal suffrage, ‘the right of almost all adults to vote in political elections’ It’s got nothing to do with what anyone votes. At 90+ you could have a pretty good guess and it’ll be a lot sooner than all those people having to live with the outcome of Brexit, whichever way it had gone.
