Should 16 and 17 year olds be allowed to vote in a General Election?

The above question was asked to the It-Your-Vote community.

We provided additional information for the question which was:

"Research from the University of Edinburgh in trialling whether 16 and 17 year olds would be interested in voting, were surprised to learn that 72% are now very likely to cast their vote. Should we then be lowering the voting age to 16 or 17 years. Or do you think that they are too young and do not understand enough about politics.".

The available answers for this questions were:

1. No view

2. Yes-allow 16/17 year olds to vote

3. No-16/17 year olds too young