Assessing The Long Term Impact of Lowering the Voting Age in Scotland

• In Event: New Kidz at the Polls: Youth and Political Participation

Brief Overview

We examine whether lowering the voting age to 16 in Scotland for the Scottish Referendum on Independence has improved the participation rates of those who were under 18 at the election compared to those who were 18 and older over the past 5 years.

Authors

• Adrian Millican, Durham University

• Gabriel Katz, California Institute of Technology