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German government wants to let 16-year-olds vote – DW – 06/05/2023 (www.dw.com)
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What do you think? Personally I'm all for it. I think it's important to have as many young people involved in politics to counteract the old majority.

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[–] agrammatic@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

But doesn't polling and alternative votes actually find that CDU polls reasonably well with the under-18s? Not at the same degree as their grandparents, but it's not a stark difference either.