• ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    I agree, I’m just surprised that for their own sake that they don’t choose younger people to seem more representative of the US population

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think it is the sole reason but they ARE representative of the voting US population. The 65+ demographic has the highest voter turnout within their age group.

      In my country, voting is almost entirely the domain of the elderly. I can count on one hand the number of people in my age range I know that actually go out and vote.

      I think there is also some portion of belief that “this person has a lot of experience so must be better suited for the job”.

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        1 year ago

        “The 65+ demographic has the highest voter turnout within their age group.“ Ahhhh, that makes a lot more sense now. Thanks, I didn’t put 2 and 2 together, but that seems a lot more obvious now that you mentioned it