This is our country too. These decisions are not based on reason, they are based on what is cool. Do we really want this large easily swayed body of our population deciding the fate of our country. All a party would have to do is come up with a flashy advertising campaign and they'd have the country won. A line must be drawn in the sand somewhere, and I see no reason to move it now.
Kids commit crimes because they know they are protected by it.
The Young Offenders Act supports crimes committed by the youth. Is this really what people want for them. I also agree with what was written below that children would just vote for who their friends think is cool, not because of their own choices. At the age of 14, peer pressure has only just begun and that will be the influence that makes them decide who to vote for. 14 year olds don't care about politics.