Opinion | A maximum age for politicians won’t fix our government – By Tom Joyce (The Washington Examiner) / Sept 11, 2022
Many Americans want to discriminate against people based on something they cannot change about themselves, a new poll shows.
An overwhelming majority of the electorate supports a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a poll released by CBS News last week. It found that 73% of people support maximum age limits for elected officials, while 27% oppose this idea.
The minority on this issue is correct.
In a representative democracy, people should have the opportunity to vote for whichever candidate best reflects their values. If the voters think a geriatric candidate cares about the issues they support and will fight hard to get things done, that’s great. Even if 97-year-old Jimmy Carter wanted to run for president in 2024, he should have every right to do it.
Part of the reason why people may want younger politicians is that the 2020 presidential election was an outlier. Donald Trump was the oldest person ever elected to his first term as president — until Joe Biden broke his record.
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