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Experts Assess Impact of Lower Voting Age
Politicians and political scientists across the United States foresee limited immediate effects from lowering the voting age to 18 19 and 20. Congress and President Nixon enacted the change, effective Jan 1, with court challenges anticipated. Estimates vary but most experts expect little change in turnout or party patterns, though some foresee short term Democratic gains and shifts in mobilization.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Supreme Court
Texas
Martin Dies Jr
J. Howard Myers
West Virginia Senate
John S. Andrews
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Marvin Madeson
St. Louis
E. J. Boling
University of Tennessee
Mark Andrews
Lawrence T. Radway
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N.H
Georgia
Kentucky
Edward T. Breathitt
Allentown