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Lowering a voting age to 16 I tend to think is a bad idea. The fast majority of 16 year olds are not independent as a start. Voting at 16 without appreciating what it is to really pay taxes, have a reasonable awareness of full time employment or just generally have to participate in society outside of the very specific role of the student. It's much easier to be very idealistic when you're not actually have to support yourself. So yeah, I'd probably keep it as it is.
Which explains why most extremists/terrorists/over opinionated types come from comfortable back grounds where you dont have the worries of everyday life.