exclude children from the right to vote
lowering the voting age
franchise
constituents
When it comes to democracy, children don’t count
allowing enfranchisement
universal suffrage ( hear the correct pronunciation of “suffrage” here
electorate
No one is obliged to take an interest in politics
disenfranchise elderly
exercise the right to vote
gerrymandering
a piecemeal reform / approach/ fashion
approach piecemeal
Lowering the voting age by two years would be a piecemeal reform
an arbitrary age threshold
groupthink
take part in the electoral process
invigorate our democracy
“The right to vote goes along with having a share in the fate of a democratic community and having to live with the consequences of the decisions that are made by those in power.”