{"id":262802,"date":"2025-07-17T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teenagers-react-to-plans-to-lower-the-voting-age\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:05:12","slug":"teenagers-react-to-plans-to-lower-the-voting-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teenagers-react-to-plans-to-lower-the-voting-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenagers react to plans to lower the voting age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/b4KC9q_KHcg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Teenagers react to plans to lower the voting age\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b4KC9q_KHcg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Teenagers have given their verdict on government plans that will allow 16 and 17-year-olds the chance to vote in a general election for the first time.   <\/p>\n<p>Under the proposals, up to 9.5 million more people will now be able to vote, the IPPR think tank has said. <\/p>\n<p>The latest figures show 48,208,507 people are currently registered to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Read the latest: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/16-and-17-year-olds-will-be-able-to-vote-in-next-general-election-13397859<\/p>\n<p>#voting #polling #election #politics #skynews #uknews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teenagers have given their verdict on government plans that will allow 16 and 17-year-olds the chance to vote in a general election for the first time. 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