Hey, I hear you, but the age cutoff could also be on holding office.

As someone just hitting the 60 yr old mark, and looking at my parents who are still pretty sharp in their late 80s, -- so definitely talking about myself and my capacity here,

No-one over 70 has any business in a high ranking government office. The mental flexibility isn't there.

Which means no one over 66 should be allowed to run office (yes, I know this puts senators in office until 72, and kicks out representatives at 68, but it also gives a single number which is easier to understand).

It's also a question of accountability. A 40 year old politician will expect/have to live with their choices for another 40 years.

That's a response to an opinion I don't hold, but I could have been more clear. The claim I'm making is about the fitness to hold office. Specifically: septo/octogenarians belong at the ballot box, but not on the ballot. If you'd like to dissuade me of something, that's the meat of it.

Of course, when I go to my local city planning meetings and see the demographics shouting down any new housing my feelings are different.

Which groups are those?

"Among voters under 26 years old, the only race-by-gender group to have majority support for Harris are women of color."

"Our best estimate is that immigrant voters swung from a Biden+27 voting bloc in 2020 to a Trump+1 group in 2024. This is not a small group either - naturalized citizens make up around 10% of the electorate."

(Source Blue Rose Research, a top data analysis firm hired by Democrats: https://data.blueroseresearch.org/hubfs/2024%20Blue%20Rose%2.... Pages 7 and 9.)

You're overlooking that the geriatric people are carrying on the traditional liberal/conservative debate on both sides of the aisle. My observation living in an area that has a mix of 70+ WASPs and younger black and hispanic people is that the WASPs are the ones who are by far the most incensed by Trump. They don't just dislike his policies. They hate the way he talks.

Go look at recent changes to how young men vote and tell me which groups shouldn't be allowed to vote in the future.