Move 2 Examples: Political Sciences close analysis

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Political Science: Move 2 "Establish A Niche" analysis

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Steps in Move 2

Title: Should the Voting Age be Lowered to Sixteen? Normative and Empirical Considerations
Author(s): Tak Wing Chan and Matthew Clayton
Journal: Political Studies 54?(3).?

Indicate the gap: the issue of the exclusion of teeagers from the vote has received little attention politically.

3. And yet, until recently, the exclusion of teenagers from the vote has received comparatively little attention in public debate (Schrag, 2004).

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4 . Nevertheless, the question of the voting age is now a subject of political debate.

5. In 2003–4, the UK Electoral Commission conducted an extensive public consultation on the question of the minimum age of voting and candidacy in UK elections (Electoral Commission, 2003; 2004).

6. In its final report, Age of Electoral Majority, the Commission recommends that

6.1 . while the age of candidacy should be lowered from 21 to 18,

6.2. the voting age should stay at 18 (Electoral Commission, 2004).

7. The Commission considers several arguments that have been advanced in favour of lowering the voting age to sixteen.

8. Among these arguments are: (1) those that demand consistency in the treatment of voting and other social and economic rights; (2) the related argument that sixteen-year-olds are sufficiently mature to vote; (3) the appeal to public demand or public opinion; and (4) the argument that positive effects on political participation will follow from lowering the voting age.

9. In each case, the Commission marshals arguments and evidence to show that

9.1. the case for lowering the voting age is not conclusively established.