Seminar Reflection - lowering the voting age

I think I did really well in today's seminar. I asked many questions that contributed to the conversation. I was sometimes inhibited from talking because so many people had such strong opinions on this topic. Next time I feel I need to contribute more of my ideas to the conversation instead of asking as many questions.
I agree with some of the authors views but disagree with most. I think that some 16 year olds should be able to vote but others should not. I think that there should not be a test because some 16 year olds cannot take test as good as others while they are prepared to vote. I think that there should be another way of deciding who should vote.
I think that Zac brought up the idea that the 16 year olds when they vote really what they vote on won't affect them as much as 18-100 year olds. They do not need to pay taxes or really worry about healthcare. I agree with Zac and the 16 year olds would really only vote on raising minimum wage. If you have any other ideas on what they would vote on, please drop me a comment and correct me!

Year of the youth vote / SAT 7

I definetly think that this year is one of the if not the most important year to vote. I think that this vote will either make or break the U.S.A. Therefore I think that suffrage should be given to 16 year olds. I feel that the U.S.A at the end of this election will start to be progressive. Whether the constituents are liberal or conservative this will be the year of the youth vote.
The main coalition of voters may be young but they still are incumbent as voters. They will still be able to vote on referendums. I say they are a coalition because I think that some 16 year olds are banning together to vote regardless of political views.
This presidential race has definetly been interesting because the old cabinet wasn't the best. They're evangelic which lead to many vetos that could have helped this nation. I will definetly be paying close attention to this presidential race.

Election Reflection

Yesterday in class, we had a mock election. I had to represent Mitt romney on National Security. When I was researching about him, I found that he had many of the same views I did. Although I did not agree with him on gay marriage. I feel that it is their right. I am interested to find out why he dropped out of the race, and why he believes what he does. I found that he could have probably been a good president. But John McCain pulled away in the delegate race and Romney suspended his election.
At the end of the class, we found that my group Mitt Romney had won in the primary in our class. I am glad my group won because I feel that we worked really hard and researched a lot. In the debate, I was against Imani and Derek. I felt that we all had similar views on National Security. This was what is called a "soldier surge" which means that we send around 100,000 troops to "get the job done". We each had good points, but we were all different in ways. John McCain wanted to focus entirely on Iraq. And Mike Huckabee wanted to raise the gross domestic product (GDP) spending to 6% instead of 4% that Mitt Romney wanted to spend. Overall, I think that this election and project really opened my eyes to elections and the potential presidents of today. I had a good time debating for Mitt Romney, and for my group... I... I... I... I... am Mitt Romney!!!!