Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.

  • kava@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You don’t have to retire at 67 though. It’s not a requirement.

    Some people maintain their mental lucidity well into their 80s. I think this type of limit would be ageist. People should not be discriminated on things they can’t control.

    If enough citizens democratically decide that a candidate is mentally lucid enough to be president or senator or what have you, why should we remove that democratic choice from the population?

    I agree that I’m tired of really old politicians like Biden or Trump or McConnell or Pelosi, etc. But I’ll express that with my vote, not try to cancel out other people’s votes.