…And the new drinking age is 18.

Rick Perry on voting fundamentals:

The Texas governor, speaking to students at St. Anselm College on Tuesday in Manchester, NH, asked for the young folks’ vote, but seemed to forget that the national voting is 18 — the age at which it’s stood since 1971.

“Those of you that will be 21 by November the 12th, I ask for your support and your vote. Those of you who won’t be, just work hard,” Perry said.

The age flub wasn’t the only one in Perry’s pitch to the students; the general election is on Nov. 6, 2012, not Nov. 12.

Ironically, in 1971, the year the U.S. adopted the 26th amendment, establishing the voting age at 18-years-old, Rick Perry turned 21.

h/t MSNBC First Read