The emerging GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is running on an aggressive series of 25 key campaign proposals.
Ramaswamy’s policy positions overlap in many respects with those of both his debate sparring partners and the former president. He shares the other GOP candidates’ proposals to radically cut the size of the federal government, use the U.S. military to strike drug cartels inside Mexico and rescind federal funding for major U.S. cities that support undocumented immigrants.
Perhaps Ramaswamy’s most distinctive idea is to raise the voting age from 18 to 25 through an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Ramaswamy would allow people in this age group to vote, however, if they serve in the military, work in “first response services” , or pass the civics test that is required of citizens seeking naturalization.Ramaswamy characterizes this drastic proposal as essential to reverse what he characterizes as a lack of civic pride among young people in the United States.
Yet some critics say Ramaswamy’s proposal, if enacted, could have the opposite of its intended effect, by making young people even more detached from politics. Roughly 9 percent of the population — or more than 20 million people — are between the ages of 18 and 25 and could lose the right to vote under this proposal. Several hundred thousand of them are also in the military.Ramaswamy’s plan would amount to the biggest reduction in the U.S.
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