Over half of Maryland voters want to keep the voting age minimum at 18
A poll conducted by the University of Maryland's Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement and the Washington Post indicates that a majority of registered voters in Maryland are not in support of Vote16's initiative to reduce the minimum voting age to 16. Only 11% of respondents strongly support the measure, according to the 2022 poll.
A 2022 poll shows that most Maryland voters oppose lowering the voting age to 16. Only 11 percent of respondents strongly support the change, while 14 percent somewhat support it. In contrast, 59 percent strongly prefer to keep the voting age at 18, and 15 percent somewhat agree with that position. A small percentage expressed no opinion.
