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title: "What was one important factor that helped pass the 26th Amendment in 1971, which lowered the voting age to 18?"  
description: "What was one important factor that helped pass the 26th Amendment in 1971, which lowered the voting age to 18?"  
author: "James ann"  
published: 2018-05-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42364/what-was-one-important-factor-that-helped-pass-the-26th-amendment-in-1971-which-lowered-the-voting-age-to-18  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was one important factor that helped pass the 26th Amendment in 1971, which lowered the voting age to 18?

What was one important factor that helped pass the 26th Amendment in 1971, which lowered the [voting](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42443/how-did-the-passage-of-the-voting-rights-act-of-1965-impact-political-participation) age to 18?


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