Two out of three Londoners we spoke to were in favour of reducing the voting age to 16, but not everyone is on-board.
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00:00I'm not sure that 16-year-olds have been long enough in the world to have a particular political conviction
00:07or have learned enough just in living to have a strong sense of what's right and how things should be,
00:18so I'd be a bit concerned actually.
00:20I think at the moment there's a bit, young people may be outnumbered by older people,
00:26so any edge younger people can get I think is good.
00:32The only thing is I kind of don't think 16-year-olds are going to necessarily bother to vote
00:38because I could be wrong because when I was 16 I really wanted to be able to vote.
00:43I think it's a good idea, I've always thought it's a good idea.
00:46That makes complete sense because a lot of young people are much more involved, engaged with politics anyway
00:52and I think it's unfair that they aren't allowed to vote
00:56given that they're more interested in politics than their parents and grandparents are often.