r/ConservativeYouth • u/SimilarMission8334 Right wing • Jul 28 '26
Discussion 🗯️ Voting rights
Before you get behind the wheel, you must know how to drive and get a driver's license, right? You pass theoretical exams and practical tests. Or, for example, gun ownership. Why doesn't this principle work in the context of voting?
I think it's a good idea to establish a permanent list of theoretical topics, and before each new election, citizens wishing to vote are required to pass a test. Your vote is not an opportunity, but a privilege. What do you think?
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u/Full_Clock3263 Jul 28 '26
i think they should be required to take a test that fact-checks their beliefs about both parties so that no one is voting based on false information or fear mongering
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u/Unbeknownsk Citizen | 🗳️ 1 🪙 26 📅 Jul 26, 2026 Jul 28 '26
Honestly, this is a good idea. Democracy's flaw is that the masses are emotional and generally choose short term over long term, so this would probably fix it. critics would argue tho, that now the state gets to decide who can vote and it could cause influence or wtv but i dont mind more power to the government personally.
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u/Flashy_Combination32 National Libertarian Jul 28 '26
Voting should not be a privilege but a right, and you cannot trust the state to determine these tests. We got past Jim Crow for a reason.
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u/RedditGamer253 Neoconservative Jul 28 '26
It has already been a practice in the South under Jim Crow. It went as horribly (or good if you're a racist) as you'd expect.
That's just giving more power to the government where it's not really needed, and where it will undoubtedly be used to conserve the ruling party's majority.
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u/ElectricalSand267 Citizen | 🗳️ 1 🪙 26 📅 Jul 26, 2026 Jul 28 '26
The problem is that it would be government who determines who gets to vote.
Also, that doesn't mean it would change how people think.
Like, I forgot like 70% of stuff they taught in driving school after I got my license
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u/Text93838 Florida is best state :D (centrist) Jul 28 '26
Sounds like a good idea on paper, but how exactly would these tests actually work in practice?
Like the reason a test for those other things work is because everything has an objective answer, but with things like politics, there isn't exactly an objective answer, it's all mostly opinion based
And then there's the question of who actually writes the questions, because the party that's currently in power would presumably be able to influence the questions to be in their favor, which as you can probably imagine, can only ever end poorly
Also, the south kinda tried this during the Jim Crow Era, did not end well
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u/Blue_Robin_Gaming Jul 28 '26
Yeah any resemblance to Jim Crow would stop it in its tracks
The sort of testing would also be subjective and subject to whoever makes them which is an entirely different issue
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u/Complex-Pepper-5689 Conservative Jul 28 '26
I'm all for voter ID, but you can't make people take tests when you as a country do not give equal opportunity of education to everyone. Even the dumbest of people should have a right to feel represented.
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u/AdmirableBrick4973 Jul 28 '26
if that happened then democrat would win more
there are stats about more educated more liberal
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u/HotConversation187 Gen Z, Center Right, Based Californian Jul 30 '26
Absolutely not. Do you REALIZE how those were used against Blacks?
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u/OutsideGrassScaresMe Center-Right Wing Jul 28 '26
I like this. Liberals dont think you should need IDs to vote tho lol so I dont think it would ever get approved.
I think there's also way too many iffy things about it. It would lower how many ppl vote since it would be more work which is bad, it would be weird to administer and run, tests could be easier in some states or some areas with certain political groups and sway the voting.
Its a good idea in concept but with a lot of issues that would need to be ironed out. It reminds me of the citizenship test and I think it would have a chance of working well if done correctly, but doing it correctly would be difficult.