Why do we keep electing / re-electing the elderly? Sometimes really elderly? Do we have so little confidence in the knowledge and abilities of younger (and more vigorous) candidates?
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Maybe. I'm toward the end of the boomer gen (born between 1946 & 1964, per Wikipedia) and I'd rather see us elect more folks like AOC & Mallory McMorrow.
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incumbents have so much money and connections that it takes decades to compete with them.
By the time the "newcomers" have grifted enough to run, they are elderly themselves