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Kudd53 t1_iqmiled wrote

I think you should eliminate minors when counting population because they can't be senators

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TaliesinMerlin t1_iqmk6lh wrote

>I think you should eliminate minors

Well, that escalated quickly. /s

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Winjin t1_iqrl73g wrote

That's very carbon positive, you know.

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Ares1935 t1_iqmjlh3 wrote

Not just minors, it 30 for the house and 35 for senate I think.

If you take the average age of americans in that category only, the 2 lines might be on top of each other.

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JolietJakeLebowski OP t1_iqmnzfc wrote

Good idea, I might reupload with that line if I can find the data. Also, it's 25 and 30 (US Constitution Article 1, Sections 2 and 3).

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Kudd53 t1_iqmy7wo wrote

sorry for that I'm not from USA

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TimeIsPower t1_iqpk3nm wrote

It's 25 for the House, 30 for the Senate, and 35 for the presidency.

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MarkDoner t1_iqn40lu wrote

Or maybe a chart comparing the average age of registered voters vs. senators

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Ralwus t1_iqnzfha wrote

Agreed. Need another line showing US population without the ages too young for senate to see the real difference.

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bareboneschicken t1_iqosynt wrote

If you do that, you have to eliminate everyone under 30 because they can't be senators.

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timodreynolds t1_iqmm68l wrote

>I think you should eliminate minors when counting population because they can't be senators

Maybe 18 and younger wont have laws made that impact them? Is that what you're saying?

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Kudd53 t1_iqmy51t wrote

Well I don't see many people complaining that a 16 year old can't be a senator and I think that it's ok to limit that because in those ages we are still going through maturation and brain development so a senator below 25 (Iirc that's when brain maturation finishes) shouldn't exist because they could be inconsistent with their behaviour and ideology.

The real reason for someone to be worried about senator Vs normal people age is that even though a 40 year old can legally be a senator, socially we can see we decide to have way older senators and that's not a good representation of the population.

It wouldn't make sense to complain about senator age average not being close to young people if it's obviously not even possible for the average senator age to be lower than the age in which we are allowed to advocate for senator.

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Prestigious-Owl165 t1_iqmmf4g wrote

Yeah there's no reason to do that lol. This just shows that we've always been governed by people who are out of touch with most of us, and this isn't a new problem. Doesn't mean it's not a problem

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Winjin t1_iqrlf9q wrote

Hey I'm not out of touch with the young! I'm still young and hip, yo, yo, snowboard, floppy! Ow, my hip.

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