Should 16 year olds have been given a vote in the EU referendum?

A lot of the younger generation are probably more pro-EU than older people. I think 16 and 17 year olds should have been allowed to vote as they're sufficiently informed enough to understand the politics and issues.

They were allowed to vote in the Scottish referendum.

If they were allowed to vote in the EU referendum the result could be quite different with more 'remain in' votes. Do you agree?

Many adults are still uncertain which way to vote as the complexity of the topic. While some 16 and 17 year old's may be capable of forming a sensible and informed opinion, many can not. Thus giving them the vote is quite dangerous I believe.

Let's be realistic - many (most) people in the country aren't capable of forming a sensible and informed opinion. It's just too complex. We shouldn't be having a referendum. A few more voters that don't know what they're talking about won't make a difference.

Don't give us the vote, so then we can blame all the adults for messing our future up

How I see it, we should just give the referendum vote to those who actually vote for MEP's, after all the other members of the public have shown know interest in the politics of the EU previously. And a few voters is all it takes to swing a close referendum, as can be seen in the Scottish Referendum.

I think we should've been given a vote! It's our future too and is being dictated by everyone else whilst we don't have a say in it at all.

But I thought that MEPs were unelected (that's how we ended up with Farage as ours who as we all know is very much in favour of Brexit)?

We elect 73 MEP's, 22 of which are elected UKIP MEP's.

Genuinely didn't know that. Our college had a debate on this ages ago and the politics teacher got very, well, steamed up and started ranting about these "unelected MEPs" so I just thought that was the case. Kinda glad I didn't take politics if she doesn't even know the basics of elections...

Even though, I am 16 I wouldn't be able to vote even if 16 yr olds got the vote. Anyway I don't think they should as when we discussed the EU referendum in school most people were just saying my parents think this and I agree with them. I think most of them would just vote exactly the same as their parents.

I think it would be great to give at least 17 year olds the vote as we're in college so are very mature and politically informed enough on this matter

But I thought that MEPs were unelected (that's how we ended up with Farage as ours who as we all know is very much in favour of Brexit)?

If you need any evidence that even voting age uni students are clinically selfish and misinformed, try reading any of the EU articles on the Tab - "I won't get to study abroad and get paid to have a holiday oh noooo" [For reference, entirely false. And selfish.]