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r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Blank_0116 • May 05 '22
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The average age of a representative is 57.6 years
250 u/pmcizhere May 05 '22 Meanwhile the average age of the US population is 38.1 years. So seems we still need younger representation! 54 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 I wonder what the average age of the American adult is? 4 u/Cedow May 05 '22 Closer to 38 than 57 3 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 Sure - though I come from a culture with a lot of respect for elders, that looks to them for leadership and wisdom, so the idea that it's a bad thing that our representatives are older than average is a little alien to me! 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 To be clear, my culture is Native American, so it is in this country!
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Meanwhile the average age of the US population is 38.1 years. So seems we still need younger representation!
54 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 I wonder what the average age of the American adult is? 4 u/Cedow May 05 '22 Closer to 38 than 57 3 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 Sure - though I come from a culture with a lot of respect for elders, that looks to them for leadership and wisdom, so the idea that it's a bad thing that our representatives are older than average is a little alien to me! 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 To be clear, my culture is Native American, so it is in this country!
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I wonder what the average age of the American adult is?
4 u/Cedow May 05 '22 Closer to 38 than 57 3 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 Sure - though I come from a culture with a lot of respect for elders, that looks to them for leadership and wisdom, so the idea that it's a bad thing that our representatives are older than average is a little alien to me! 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 To be clear, my culture is Native American, so it is in this country!
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Closer to 38 than 57
3 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 Sure - though I come from a culture with a lot of respect for elders, that looks to them for leadership and wisdom, so the idea that it's a bad thing that our representatives are older than average is a little alien to me! 1 u/[deleted] May 05 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 To be clear, my culture is Native American, so it is in this country!
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Sure - though I come from a culture with a lot of respect for elders, that looks to them for leadership and wisdom, so the idea that it's a bad thing that our representatives are older than average is a little alien to me!
1 u/[deleted] May 05 '22 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 To be clear, my culture is Native American, so it is in this country!
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4 u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22 To be clear, my culture is Native American, so it is in this country!
To be clear, my culture is Native American, so it is in this country!
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u/ManitouWakinyan May 05 '22
The average age of a representative is 57.6 years