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[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Oh it doesn't, but I don't think it matters because you don't get genuine options. They just give you a set of canned option to vote for, and that's all you get. As Marx put it: “The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”

I agree, I’m just surprised that for their own sake that they don’t choose younger people to seem more representative of the US population

[-] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think it is the sole reason but they ARE representative of the voting US population. The 65+ demographic has the highest voter turnout within their age group.

In my country, voting is almost entirely the domain of the elderly. I can count on one hand the number of people in my age range I know that actually go out and vote.

I think there is also some portion of belief that "this person has a lot of experience so must be better suited for the job".

“The 65+ demographic has the highest voter turnout within their age group.“ Ahhhh, that makes a lot more sense now. Thanks, I didn’t put 2 and 2 together, but that seems a lot more obvious now that you mentioned it

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