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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Mon Nov 30, 2020, 07:58 AM Nov 2020

There are more people over 75 in Congress than there are people under 40. [View all]

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ill Filipovic
@JillFilipovic
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Nov 29, 2020
There are more people over 75 in Congress than there are people under 40.

Reid Wilson
@PoliticsReid
The generational breakdown of the 117th Congress, beautifully visualized by @kerning

Jill Filipovic
@JillFilipovic
It makes sense that Congress would not be perfectly representative age-wise — we do want people with experience. But the oldest millennials are now 40; most of us are in our 30s, which is how old Biden was when he went to the senate. Today, there’s not a single millennial senator

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There are more people over 75 in Congress than there are people under 40. [View all] soothsayer Nov 2020 OP

Jon Ossoff is running right now JI7 Nov 2020 #1

Thought immediately of him soothsayer Nov 2020 #2

I keep saying if we want change we have to get the old white men out of congress. blueinredohio Nov 2020 #3

Their are a few old white women we should also replace... Wounded Bear Nov 2020 #34

Very true but we have a lot more old white men than old white women. blueinredohio Nov 2020 #36

We need the Republicans out of Congress treestar Nov 2020 #40

We all know that's not going to happen until we get rid of gerrymandering. blueinredohio Nov 2020 #41

I think as a whole Gen Xers have been less interested in politics Buckeyeblue Nov 2020 #4

It's a good question soothsayer Nov 2020 #5

I wouldn't say that is true Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #6

Right. Many of us are at different stages in our lives than boomers at our ages Buckeyeblue Nov 2020 #9

Kalama Harris and Andrew Yang are X'ers Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #7

Beto O'Rourke , Cory Booker, Julian CAstro, Steve Bullock, Tim Ryan JI7 Nov 2020 #14

There were many Gen Xers that ran in the Primary. Beto, Booker, Castro, Gillibrand JI7 Nov 2020 #15

The age distribution of our leaders increasingly resembles that of the USSR before its collapse Klaralven Nov 2020 #8

Please. NurseJackie Nov 2020 #11

At the beginning of the 27th Poliburo in 1986, Gorbachev age 54 was the youngest member Klaralven Nov 2020 #23

Correlation is not causation. NurseJackie Nov 2020 #25

I think that age has a lot to do with not being able to do without a global adversary Klaralven Nov 2020 #28

Lulz! NurseJackie Nov 2020 #29

Very true Bradshaw3 Nov 2020 #32

That's a ridiculous comparison onenote Nov 2020 #35

I want more progressives in the Senate. texasfiddler Nov 2020 #10

"Today, there's not a single millennial senator" NurseJackie Nov 2020 #12

A 40 year old is an inexperienced youth? Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #16

Generally and in the context of being a United States Senator? Yes. Absolutely! NurseJackie Nov 2020 #17

There has to be a first time for everything Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #18

I think the answer to that is quite obvious. Nobody needs me to spell-it-out to them. NurseJackie Nov 2020 #20

I don't think we should elect Senators who require on the job training.... George II Nov 2020 #33

Your statement isn't even generally true Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #19

Wrong. NurseJackie Nov 2020 #21

It's not a great place for old, jaded types either, based on my observations. marmar Nov 2020 #22

I prefer that "jaded-experience" over "reckless-enthusiasm". NurseJackie Nov 2020 #24

Because the Old Boy's Club BarackTheVote Nov 2020 #26

Aren't we fortunate that they had others of experience to guide them... NurseJackie Nov 2020 #27

That's becsuse of republicans. Do you think Tom Cotton, Cruz,Rubio are doing JI7 Nov 2020 #31

we can't, unfortunately Maxheader Nov 2020 #13

Well, it generally takes some credibility-building MineralMan Nov 2020 #30

Biden was the youngest Senator ever.... Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #37

That's what I though and what was said decades ago, but.... George II Nov 2020 #38

That's the choice of the voters treestar Nov 2020 #39