Well, I am 17, and turning 18 in July, which means that I will be voting in the general election, but I was not able to vote in the primaries. This seems unfair to me; shouldn't everyone who will be 18 by election day have a say in who is on the ballot? I believe they should. Also, a significant number of young people are compassionate about this year's elections, and I think that allowing registered voters who will be 18 by election day to vote really could have made a difference in the democratic party race, because many Obama supporters are young. A lot of our generation is fed up will Bush and his presidency, and while I feel that Clinton would do a batter job than President Bush, I think that Obama would do a better job than Clinton. After all, Obama was opposed to the "War on Terror" to begin with, while Clinton supported the war. I feel that Barack Obama is an insightful, genuine candidate, and I have every intention of voting for him in November.
I hope that by the 2012 primaries the rules will have changed, and those who will be 18 by November will have a say in who is on the ballot.
Voting in the primaries
By KatieW567 - Posted on February 11th, 2008
I definitly think that anyone turning 18 by the time of the election should be able to vote, because I think the ability to vote would encourage a few more teenagers to get involved in the primaries, and learn more about the candidates and an earlier stage. I think the more people encouraged to vote the better, as a lot of teenagers hardly pay attention to the primaries, and many of them don't even understand them.