Advantages and disadvantages of voting at 18

Many poeple say that voting is everybody's duty, but of course an equal number say it is not. In some countries you can vote at the age of eighteen, but in other the age requirement is higher. There are countless voices for rising the age prerequisite and for others it just doesn not make any difference.

One of the advantages of voting at eighteen is the encouragment to get interested in politics. As you know young people do not treat politics as something interesting, but everyone should know what is happening in his or hers homeland. Most people after eighteen are students, and they are a quite a large group. And every social body should have the right to influence who is calling the shots in their country. Another benefit is being able to make head or tail of the expectations of the citizens, the more people vote the knowledge is better. By the way voting makes you feel more important. 

Now for the disadvantages. The first one is little interest in politics. Young people think that it is just boring, they do not want to fathom all the mysteries of that strange wolrd. And so they will not bother to vote. A lot of psychological mavens say that eighteen is not the age when people are fully mature. And becouse of that their votes are not so valuable as other. If young responsible poeple want vote correctly, and they were not interested in politics earlier, they must find something out about the potential candidates, and that takes up time, which very valuable for everybody. 

The votes for voting at the age of eighteen are devided. You must decide which side to choose, but the final resolution is left in the hands of those for whom you have voted,or not. 

prerequisite - something someone must have before they can be allowed to do something, or which must exist before something else can happen - warunek
calling the shots- to be in a position of authority so that you can give orders and make decisions - dyktowaæ warunki
to make head or tail of- to understand sth - rozeznaæ
fathom - to understand what something means after thinking about it carefully - zrozumieæ
mavens- someone who knows a lot about a particular subject - specjalista