Politics Podcast: How Old Is Too Old For Elected Office?

The San Francisco Chronicle revealed an posting on Thursday in which a quantity of Democratic lawmakers and aides proposed that, at age 88, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein was no for a longer period in good shape to provide because of to a significant decrease in mental acuity. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the politically thorny difficulty of mental acuity in an progressively aged U.S. federal government and what People in america assume about age limitations for public business.

They also keep on to keep track of the kinds of candidates former President Trump has endorsed in the 2022 Republican primaries. So much, he has endorsed over 100 Senate, Residence and gubernatorial candidates, which is not only additional than he endorsed as president in 2020 but also really unusual for a former president. 1 of the prevalent themes between the candidates he’s thrown his weight driving is that they have sown distrust in the effects of the 2020 election.

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