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Let's push for a voting age cap.
I disagree. Many older people are more conservative. However, they have a right to their views. We shouldn't disenfranchise anyone.
The argument isn't that they shouldn't vote because they're conservative. It's that they shouldn't vote because they literally won't experience the long term consequences of their decisions.
My personal preference is to allow 16 year olds to vote without creating a maximum voting age, but if in some weird world the only way to allow 16 year olds to vote was to ban those over 80 from voting, I would support that in a heartbeat.
How old do you think the cut off should be? What do you think the typical life expectancy is at that age? What is the typical term of government?
Tajing your example of age 80, in the USA, that would give a life expectancy of 9 years for women and 7 years for men. That's 2 elections minimum.
Of particular note for them to vote on - health care, pensions, right to end life, hospice care, inheritance, general issues that affect their family,.