Question

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Claim: By lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 in the United States, young people will develop lifelong voting habits that will make them more concerned citizens.
Counterclaim: Americans in the 18 to 29 age group have the lowest rates of voter turnout, so lowering the voting age to 16 is not likely to have any effect on voting habits.
The student who wrote the claim is developing a revised claim as a rebuttal to the counterclaim. Which is the best revision?

(1 point)

Austria lowered its voting age to 16 in 2007, and this has led to Scotland, Wales, and three British crown dependencies also allowing 16-year-olds the vote.

People of all ages deserve to have a voice, but especially those who are old enough to work and pay taxes, which includes 16- and 17-year-olds.

Students usually study government and civics during the last two years of high school, so 16- and 17-years-olds find voting to be a way to engage with what they learn.

Only one out of eight 18-year-olds voted in the most recent national election and lowering the voting age would be a great way to increase those numbers.

Answer 1

Option 3.

Reason: It directly rebuts the counterclaim by explaining a mechanism (civics education in high school) through which lowering the voting age to 16 could create lifelong voting habits, addressing why younger voters would be more likely to turn out.