These articles are always a bit misleading, while still demonstrating a decent point.
The minimum age to be a representative is 25 years old. Minimum age for the senate is 30 years. 25 years prior to the most recent congress was seated (Jan 2023) was 1998. This means that out of all gen Z, only the first 1 year is even eligible. If the distribution of gen Z births is roughly equal that means out of that 20%, only 1/15th (1.4% of the total pop) are even eligible for the House and absolutely 0% are eligible for the senate.
I get what they’re saying, especially with the discrepancy being this significant but they really need to do some age adjustment first.
That’s the point though? Why would Gen Z make up any significant portion of the legislature if they aren’t old enough and mature enough to lead yet. The same measure should also be added to the upper end and cap the age to retirement.
These articles are always a bit misleading, while still demonstrating a decent point.
The minimum age to be a representative is 25 years old. Minimum age for the senate is 30 years. 25 years prior to the most recent congress was seated (Jan 2023) was 1998. This means that out of all gen Z, only the first 1 year is even eligible. If the distribution of gen Z births is roughly equal that means out of that 20%, only 1/15th (1.4% of the total pop) are even eligible for the House and absolutely 0% are eligible for the senate.
I get what they’re saying, especially with the discrepancy being this significant but they really need to do some age adjustment first.
That’s the point though? Why would Gen Z make up any significant portion of the legislature if they aren’t old enough and mature enough to lead yet. The same measure should also be added to the upper end and cap the age to retirement.