that three-quarters of Americans think there should be an age limit on serving in elected office. Of those, three-quarters thought that the limit should be 70 or younger.be limits — about three-quarters of respondents said there should be, regardless of age. A difference emerged between age groups when considering where to draw the line. Among those under 30, a third said no one should serve past 50 or 60. Among those age 65 and older, a plurality said the line should be drawn at 70.
Some part of the question of age in politics overlaps with the broader generational tension that has accompanied the increasing political and economic power of millennials — a group that was only a bit smaller at its peak than the boomers. The CBS-YouGov poll makes clear that the idea of instituting a limit on public service is not age-dependent, but it also shows how the divide between younger and older Americans on where such a line should be drawn.
It isn’t simply that America is growing older and therefore Congress and the president must necessarily also grow older. The consistently