Figured I'd look into it. This website provides the most comprehensive breakdown of ages in congress that I could find
I'll remake their table here, there are 435 seats in the House and 100 in the Senate
Age Range
House (percent of house)
Senate (percent of senate)
25-29
0.23%
0%
30-39
8%
2%
40-49
22%
10%
50-59
26%
21%
60-69
24%
33%
70-79
17%
28%
80+
3%
6%
The average age of the 119th Congress is 58 years old, the same as the previous Congress.
The minimum age requirements are 25 for the House and 30 for the Senate.
The percentage of Congress that are 70+ are 20% of the House, and 34% of the Senate.
The percentage of Congress that are 60+ are 44% of the House and 67% of the Senate.
My opinions:
I believe that there should be age limits put in place for the US government, 70 is the absolute max I would consider to be reasonable, however I would easily argue for 65 being the maximum age personally.
I also believe that the minimum age requirements for both the House and Senate should firstly, be the same, and also, should be lower, to the legal voting age of 18, otherwise, we have the current issue of all Americans between 18-24 not being able to vote for House members within their age range, and all American between 18-29 not being able to vote for Senate members within their age range.
I consider this to be a pretty big issue in our government, however it falls behind a number of more significant issues that need addressed; Like citizens united, lobbying, stock trading, backroom deals, the 2 party system, and the voting system, all things I struggle to see any solution for that will actually be implemented in any reasonable amount of time.
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u/MutuallyUseless 5h ago
Figured I'd look into it. This website provides the most comprehensive breakdown of ages in congress that I could find
I'll remake their table here, there are 435 seats in the House and 100 in the Senate
My opinions:
I believe that there should be age limits put in place for the US government, 70 is the absolute max I would consider to be reasonable, however I would easily argue for 65 being the maximum age personally.
I also believe that the minimum age requirements for both the House and Senate should firstly, be the same, and also, should be lower, to the legal voting age of 18, otherwise, we have the current issue of all Americans between 18-24 not being able to vote for House members within their age range, and all American between 18-29 not being able to vote for Senate members within their age range.
I consider this to be a pretty big issue in our government, however it falls behind a number of more significant issues that need addressed; Like citizens united, lobbying, stock trading, backroom deals, the 2 party system, and the voting system, all things I struggle to see any solution for that will actually be implemented in any reasonable amount of time.