The Rule of the Aged
The Kyle Seraphin Show
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The Average Age of Members of Congress
The average age of members of Congress is now over 58 years old and one, as we said, an over 65 in the other. We need to stop electing people that are this old, whether they you think they're sharp or not, says Grassley. The graph on the screen shows us going back to 1950, maybe a little bit before 1950. And it shows us the average age of Republicans Democrats,. Starting in 1947, it started slightly climbing and it actually started declining in the early 60s. It continued to decline post JFK all the way to Reagan, where we had 1980, the lowest number where we had the averageage of Republicans in Congress was below 50 years old.
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