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

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    “Election” doesn’t mean the democratic choice of whom you want to fulfill the role of a governmental leader?

    Please, enlighten me.

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        So the idea is to use laws to limit the choice of voters? For what reason are you restricting choice by law?

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      Voters are not rational, and they’re irrational in predictable ways. One of them is an insanely strong preference for incumbents over anyone else. It’s a really easy flaw to fix in a way that has no bias against particular parties or political views.

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        How is this “flaw” the fault of a person taking another trip around the sun?
        It seems like this is either a solution looking for a problem or the wrong solution for a more concerning problem.
        Ranked choice voting would solve a number of problems without affecting either party. Why aren’t we asking voters how they feel about that? Why do most voters not even know what this is?

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          If you can’t see the problem with politicians staying in office for decades, and staying past the point where they can actually do their jobs, I can’t explain it to you.

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            What I have a very real problem with is people re-electing politicians who are clearly unfit to do their jobs. This has nothing at all to do with a person’s age. What you’ve defined above is a concern with Term Limits more so than an Age Limits. That’s a different conversation but I would fully support term limits.
            Again, you’re trying to solve a problem with the wrong solution.