Should 18-year-olds have the right to vote?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This vote was about whether to allow 18-year-olds to participate in elections. The proposal was rejected, with 49.19% voting in favor.
VoteWorld wording adapted from a Swiss federal vote. Seed votes are official Swiss results for the original linked proposal, not votes cast on this adapted wording.
AI model: gpt-4o-mini

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/293.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=293
Vote date: 1979-02-18
Original Swissvotes English title: Stimm- und Wahlrecht für 18-Jährige
Original German title: Stimm- und Wahlrecht für 18-Jährige
Swissvotes short-description title: Angst vor der Jugend? Konservative Bedenken gegen tieferes Stimmrechtsalter obsiegen
Original French title: Droit de vote à 18 ans
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=de#c=indicator&i;=vp19790218.prop_oui_293_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=fr#c=indicator&i;=vp19790218.prop_oui_293_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=293