Would giving 16-year-olds the vote improve democracy or just change the way campaigns are run?

If the new UK law is passed, over 1.5 million more people will be able to vote. I believe that letting this law happen would not help or make democracy any better. The main reason I feel this way is because I believe that some, not all, 16- and 17-year-olds lack experience and maturity. I also think that getting 16- and 17-year-olds to vote will just make democracy less serious than it needs to be; for example, you would have to make campaigning funnier by using memes just to get the slightest bit of their attention.

Although I believe that letting them have the vote would not help democracy in any way, there are some people who disagree with me. For example, a BBC news report states ‘an 18-year-old's brain now almost looks identical to a 23-year-old's brain,’ meaning that we are maturing at younger ages. Also, in that same report, it states that David Runciman, a professor of politics at Cambridge, recently called for the voting age to be lowered to 6 years old! From what I have experienced, it is a lot easier to speak to an adult than it is a six-year-old as they lack the required vocabulary to make complete sense.

The final example that supports my opinion is that politicians are making more and more modern campaigns, just to get younger people to vote. Younger people are only interested in humour, AI and memes, which does not appeal to the rest of the generations. Overall, I think that letting 16- and 17-year-olds vote would not help democracy as it will disengage older generations.