California Voters Rejecting Proposition 18 Which Would Lower Voting Age

The Constitutional Amendment to lower the voting age in California to 17 for Primary and Special Elections, if the teenagers will turn 18 by the next General Election, is losing in our recent statewide poll of likely voters.

A majority of 52% say they will, or have already voted no. Large majorities of Republicans and voters 40 and older oppose the proposition. As do black and Asian voters.

There are also serious privacy concerns with minors voting – their contact information would become available to campaigns to communicate with them. If minors are given the right to vote, there would likely need to be changes to privacy legislation and a shift in what parents will find acceptable in marketing to their children.

 

 

Probolsky Research is Latina and woman owned – conducting market and opinion research on behalf of corporate, election, non-profit, and special interest clients.

These results are being released for public interest – we do not have a client on this matter.