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I think it should be 16 or so. If you can wreck my car, you should be able to vote.
I would never let 16 year old me vote.
25 is a solid voting age informed by life experience in the "real world" and a developed brain. Nobody in their late teens to mid 20s can vote with a grasp of reality and understanding of the actual problems that plague society. There is too much optimism and idealistic intentions at those ages. Progress is a slow march against an established defense. Progress, no matter the speed, gains more than attempting brute force attacks against a greater dying populous fervent in their position in opposition.
With a declining birth rate, slow and steady wins the race; or maybe Idiocracy was a documentary and WALL-E is a hopeful outcome of Surrogates.
There are a lot of adults who shouldn't be allowed to vote, but in democracy you let everyone have equal say and don't make arbitrary rules to exclude certain groups.