"John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>At 01:59 PM 1/29/01 -0800, Josh Bell wrote:
> >Any thoughts on how this would skew elections at the federal level, if
> >implemented nation-wide?
>
>Should it matter? To me, it is a matter of morals to let the taxed be
>elgible to vote.
Oh, no - it shouldn't matter, not at all, it's entirely beside the point.
I'm just curious.
But you can bet that the party in power would deeply care and it would
greatly affect whether or not such a thing would come to pass. For example,
if surveys were to show that potential voters in the 14-18 range (correlated
with the other appropriate numbers) would swing a slight Republican majority
to a Democratic majority, the Republicans would fight tooth and nail against
it. (Not to pick on the Republicans; they just happen to be the current
slight majority.)
Joshua
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