should teens be allowed to vote? opening statement

        Our constitution offers basic human rights to all citizens of this country, but teens are not allowed to vote. Should they be allowed to vote? Poll results like this one seem to show that people favor allowing teens to vote. I for one would like the current age limit for voting to remain the same. Teens have much more to learn and politics would overwhelm them. Teens should not be allowed to vote.
        Teens do not know everything about politics. High schools do not require students to study civics and political issues. These classes are offered when students get to college. By that time, those people would have turned eighteen and then they would be allowed to vote. Even then, young adults still don't understand everything about politics as this article states:

In recent elections, the turnout among 18- to 24-year-olds has been dismally low.

If young adults aren't educated in politics, what makes anyone think that teens would fare better than them? Keep in mind that these voters are either in college or working so they would have received more education than teens.
        In addition, teens have no time to worry about politics. They have high school to deal with and that should be a teen's top priority. With high school comes homework, finals, college applications,etc. All of this requires a lot of attention. Some teens even have to do community service or work part time jobs. They don't have time to read political magazines or watch political news on TV. I doubt if any teen is even slightly interested in them.
        If teens were brought into voting polls, candidates would try to exploit their lack of understanding and win them over. They would trick them with strategies like using political slang or by lying. Parents may also have an influence on their children. They might think that a candidate is good just because they trust their parents and their choices. Then, there are those teens that want to be funny and not take voting seriously. Those people might just pick the person based on their looks, name,etc. Let adults decide who the leader of our country should be. They ought to know better than us.