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The DNC Doesn’t Need A “New Generation” Of Leadership
This post is dedicated to Twitter user @austinahlman, who tweeted on 12/17/2024:
Of course, the Democratic Party just ousted a popular old incumbent specifically to appeal to those who wanted a “new generation.” The end result was a Donald Trump Presidency, because — as I have pointed out previously — the “new generation” is not actually all that interested in having people their age represent them in politics. Remember, said “new generation” wanted Bernie Sanders — who was the oldest of all the major candidates in both elections — to be the nomination, and constantly rejected people like Pete Buttigieg who were closer to their age.
This makes sense on two accounts, the first of which being the simple fact that nobody who is a member of the “new generation” can really be in politics at the moment — by definition. If you are under the age of twenty-five, it is Constitutionally impossible for somebody your age to be a member of the House of Representatives, with this being thirty for the Senate and thirty-five for the Presidency. Although I typically dislike writing in generalities, anybody with a younger or older sibling with an age difference of even two or three years can tell you how much of a divide that can cause, an eighteen-year old just getting into politics now must be fine with a seven year age-difference — bare minimum — from the “new…