Should voting age be lowered?

I do not think the voting age should be lowered. Voting is a privilege and it needs to be taken seriously. It's not something that can be taken lightly because it affects everyone and I think it needs to be done among adults. I know that I wasn't really interested in politics at age 16, and if I had been given the right to vote I probably would have not done so or done so uninformed. Both of those are really bad circumstances and now that I have learned more about politics at the age of 17, I can't wait until the next election so I will be able to vote. I think that by making teens wait until they are 18 makes it more exciting because they have a new right that they will want to use. Just like driving, there is a certain age when it becomes available for a reason, and I think voting is the same way. Students need to be at an age when they care about their future, and realize that they are the upcoming generation that everything going on is going to effect. By waiting to vote, they hopefully will have realized this and then use their privilege correctly.