Is age a concern for you going into the next Presidential Elections?

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1. no I’ll still be in my 30s

2. Sure, but most people are voting against the other side, not for their side.

   Many Democrats don’t particularly like Biden, but they’re not about to vote for a party that doesn’t support LGBT or women’s rights, believe global warming is a hoax and rather use fear tactics than actually come up with their own solutions.

   Personally I think a moderate Republican could do well against Biden but the way the primary is structured, the chances of a moderate candidate winning is slim.

3. Yes. The average age in America is 38. The average age of the House is 58 and 64 for the Senate. The president is 80. We need a government that’s closer to the average age of the country since they should, in theory, at least be able to understand the generational challenge.

   Someone in their 80s can’t even fully comprehend what someone in their 30s is going through right now. Yes, the 80 year old was 30 at one time, but a lot has changed in 50 years.

4. Yes, but it’s only one factor out of several that I will use.

5. Only if I get the option to vote for a younger candidate that also upholds the policies or direction I intend to vote for.

6. **A** concern? Yes.

   **The** concern? No.

7. I really wish that we had younger candidates on both sides of the aisle but the idea that this is about one side or the other doesn’t fit with me when the last election was a 74 year-old versus a 78 year-old.

   I would be more inclines to support a younger candidate but the ideological difference between parties right now is large enough that I don’t think anybody would vote for a candidate from another party just because they are younger.

8. It’s a concern for me going into the PRIMARIES, yes. I would like to have candidates on the ballot who are under 65.

   It’s not a concern for me going into the actual election, because the parties are pretty damn black and white at this point.

9. I would like to see a significantly younger president than someone in their 80s.

   It’s only one factor among many but it is something I consider.

10. Why are we even thinking about nominating people to drive a country when we wouldn’t even trust them to drive a car?

11. A factor, but far from the largest.

12. It’s a concern but not one of my primary considerations

13. People keep saying that Joe is too old or that he’s senile or that he doesn’t know what’s going on they’ll put out clips of him walking the wrong direction off stage and say that he’s clearly got dimentia and they talk and talk and talk and meanwhile he has passed a significant amount of legislation and has met pretty much every crisis he’s been faced with despite facing an opposition party that is determined to make him fail even if it means that their constituents are worse off. Age doesn’t tell the whole story.

14. A little bit, but not a deal breaker. I’d prefer a younger president, but I’d be fine with a 2nd Biden term.

15. I don’t even care that much if we have an oldish president, but maybe we could shoot for closer to 60 rather than 90?

16. To some extent, yes. You don’t let the people leaving the table order for the group.

17. It’s always been a concern.

18. Their policies and ability are more important than age, but I would prefer younger candidates overall. I still wouldn’t vote for someone if I didn’t support their policies just because they were the “right age.”

19. When you vote for Joe Biden, you’re really voting for the Biden team to control the executive branch of government. The final authority rests with someone older than almost anyone would prefer, but the actual work of government is being done by legions of bureaucrats who are more than capable of handling the grind. It’s not like Biden is putting in 20 hour days here.

    The same is true for any president, by the way. Hell, Reagan had Alzheimer’s in his second term and things went pretty smoothly from an operations standpoint. Trump was wrong about it being some shadowy conspiracy, but right about there being a “deep state” that operates more or less in parallel to national politics.

    That’s all to say that I’d prefer a younger chief executive but I don’t think it’s actually that big a deal.

20. Yes. My 2020 vote was less for Joe Biden and more against Donald Trump.

    But Joe is too old. And they have not put Kamala Harris in a position where I can make an informed decision about her leadership abilities.

21. In primaries yes. But in the actually election, no.

    I’m going to vote for my party candidate, it doesn’t matter how old they are.

22. I have been for age limiting and term limiting all the political offices. I am also in my 60s and I am tired of seeing people in their late 70s and early 80s in high office, especially when they are showing signs of mental and physical decline.

23. In 2020, Trump was 74 and Biden was 78.

    Yes, age concerns me insofar that, all else being equal, I would probably vote for the younger candidate. But if we’re talking about two candidates who will both be octogenarians by the time their term is up, that’s close enough in age that I fail to see any meaningful difference.

    I could see it being a bit more of a talking point if we get a Ron DeSantis vs Joe Biden or a Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump election, but realistically I don’t see anyone going “Well, I agree with Joe Biden’s politics more, but he’s so old that I’m going to vote for DeSantis instead”

24. There are contingencies to deal with a president who is incapable of conducting the office of the president of the United States.

    What is important is having a president that has a good temperament and is willing to listen to others. A good president is one that will place experts or highly capable people in positions of government.

25. I will look directly at the candidate. I want to know if he’s/she’s tough and unwilling to be a pushover. Next, I want to know their policies, spoken words and actions taken. All 4 items have to make the cut, regardless of age.