Can you be too old to be president?

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1. Technically there is no age limit, though I personally believe there should be an upper limit.

2. No, there’s no upper age cap, just a minimum.

3. Legally, no.

   In practice though… we all know the answer to that.

4. That’s a question for the voters. There’s no legal upper limit.

5. There is currently no law or amendment that stipulates a maximum age… just that minimum age is 35.

6. In my opinion, yes. Legally, no.

7. The document that sets forth the requirements for eligibility do not describe a maximum age.

8. Certainly. The past two.

9. There isn’t a law about it. It is something that voters discuss and consider, though.

10. Legally, no. Functionally, well… we’ve demonstrated that more than once.

11. No but there should be. Bunch of old ass fucks.

12. There’s no upper age limit.

13. Are you asking legally or medically?

14. officially? no. practically? hell yes

15. There’s not, but personally, I feel like it definitely depends on the individual person.

16. I’m pretty much against any limits on eligibility.

    I see nothing that makes me believe that a 7 or 107 year old could find enough votes to get elected but, if any could, I see no reason their supporter should be deprived of electing who they want.

    I think it’s also important to remember that you’re not voting for a random 7 or 107 year old but a specific one. These conversations inevitable include people insisting their parents, aunts/uncles, grandparents, etc. are in their 70s and senile but that has nothing to do with the mental faculties of the 70 year old running.

17. Not legally, but informally, you would definitely be too old if your age comes in the way of being an effective president, or if you are dead.

18. No. Theoretically, you can run at 120 years old. So a veteran of WWI could be President, if he could withstand the stress of running without having a heart attack.

19. There’s not an age maximum, but there SHOULD be.

20. 𐑲 𐑔𐑰𐑙𐑒 𐑞𐑺 𐑖𐑫𐑛𐑯’𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑩 𐑮𐑧𐑑𐑲𐑼𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑱𐑡, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑛 𐑨𐑯 𐑱𐑡 𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑮𐑧𐑜𐑿𐑤𐑼 𐑧𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑝 𐑥𐑧𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑯 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑓𐑦𐑑𐑯𐑧𐑕 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛𐑳𐑒𐑑𐑧𐑛, 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑩 𐑓𐑱𐑤𐑘𐑻 𐑑 𐑥𐑰𐑑 𐑩 𐑕𐑼𐑑𐑧𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑛 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑢𐑭𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑲𐑰𐑙𐑜 𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯 𐑓𐑮𐑩𐑥 𐑓𐑿𐑗𐑻 𐑪𐑓𐑦𐑕. 𐑢𐑰 𐑖𐑫𐑛𐑯’𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑲𐑑𐑰𐑙𐑜 𐑪𐑓 𐑞 𐑧𐑤𐑛𐑼𐑤𐑰, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑭𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑖𐑫𐑛𐑯’𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑰𐑙𐑜 𐑓𐑴𐑤𐑒𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑡𐑧𐑯𐑿𐑦𐑯 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑛𐑧𐑒𐑤𐑲𐑯 𐑒𐑰𐑐 𐑮𐑲𐑛𐑰𐑙𐑜 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑰 𐑧𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑧𐑒𐑷𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝𐑰𐑙𐑜 𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑑 𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑞 𐑴𐑤𐑛𐑟.

    >!I think there shouldn’t be a retirement age, but instead an age at which regular examinations of medical and mental fitness should be conducted, with a failure to meet a certain standard disqualifying the person from future office. We shouldn’t be writing off the elderly, but we also shouldn’t be letting folks in genuine mental decline keep riding the incumbency effect just because having a limit offends the olds.!<

21. I thought it was common knowledge that American politics is full of geriatrics

    Like a good amount of the most important figures in American politics have been on the national level since the 80s.

22. …we are currently finding that out…are we not?

23. Exhibit A: Joe Biden, who will be 82 by the end of his first term.

24. An official age limit? No. But should the people be sensible enough to **not** place an elderly man suffering clear cognitive decline in the White House? Yes. The current administration should serve as an example of this.

25. No upper age cap just a minimum (35). I do think there should be an upper age cap though. 70 or 75 at the highest.

26. There is no legal age limit.

    Unfortunately, there isn’t a good way to test for age related mental issues and that should be a factor.

    Joe Biden has shown on numerous occasions examples of mental acuity problems. It’s gone from funny to just sad. Ronald Reagan had moments like that late in his second term as he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke and his wife basically ran the country.

    On a Senatorial level, Diane Feinstein’s memory is such an issue that Vanity Fair published an article about it. Strom Thurmond retired at the age of 100. He was completely out of it by the end of his office, and was a relic of a period when the KKK had millions of members (which explains why he was also a rabid racist).

    Even if memory isn’t an issue, there is a point where they need to hand off to the next generation that has a stake in the future. And now is the time for Boomers to fade off.