Should there be a new age restriction for president candidates?
If you didn't know there is an age striction in the USA for the candidates who want to run for president it's 35+ but is it necessarily the best age?
I've once been told age comes with maturity, but is that always true see a younger person knows more about ways to help solve present day problems as this is there time. Whereas an older candidate may not have the same understanding of the "new ways".
Reasons why being a younger president could help:
- they would be able to give fresh new ideas when it comes to changing things;
- there wouldn't be as much of a chance of them passing in the middle of being president;
- they would be able to gain a good amout of money for future family members or anything else.
Reasons why to be president you have to be 35+ should stay:
- younger people wouldn't have as much experience;
- they could make some stupid mistakes;
- they wouldn't of had enough time to make a name for themselves before running.
I'm personally quite mixed, as younger candidates would in my opinion would bring better and more present ideas, they could also be to young or mature enough to always put the country first. Whereas on the older side of things, if you are to mature you would know what's deffinetly right and wouldn't adventure as much with decisions, but saying that if you were older you would have a lot more experience which would help you know what would help their country. So it is really hard to find the balance.
I look forward to reading all your comments and hope to read some clearer opinions to help me decide what I think would be better.
inspired_world xx
Comments (39)
08 Sep 2020
Hi this post is very good and I have never thought about it I do agree with you about people being younger and being able to become President but if they are young they might not have had the training and like you said experience but what would the age limit be if you had to decide? Also do you think that Biden would be a good president even though he is 77? From your post I have been thinking about it and it as actually really interesting!
Thank you enterprising_night x I'm still trying to decide in my head what I think, but I am sort of being drawn to that it's okay as Biden has had the role of Vice-president before hand and was capable of that still at quite an old age. :))
Very interesting post I think it is a very important question and I think that there should be age restrictions. I think that they should be 30 - 60 because what if the currant president just died they country would have no person to control everything for a bit and it would be very bad for the country
08 Sep 2020
Thank you inspired world. I agree with you on the first bit, but on the second part, anyone can make mistakes, and it doesn't mean that they have less experience.
I agree protective_dusk that if someone makes a mistake it doesn't mean they have less experience, but if say you had to place a bet on who you think might make some sort of mistake would you pick a 30-80 year old or a 15-29 year old?
Those are interesting age ranges inspired_world! Do you think there would be a big difference between a 29 and a 30 year old?
08 Sep 2020
As you said, being an older citizen could make someone a better president because they would have experience with the economy. Wether it's from friends, family or they're own experiences. But it does have its down side. As you get older you become more fragile which does mean that he / she would get hurt easier and if the president had a serious ingury of such age, there could be another election. Also when you are older you may or may not remember about any struggles that you (or you're friend ) were younger therefore a younger president would be better in a situation like this as they could remember and potentially fix the problem.
I really enjoyed reading this post inspired_world it was very well written well done☺️
Thank you for reading
Hi poetic_passionfruit! You make some interesting points there. Actually, if a president is unable to be president anymore (because they are injured or for some other reason), then their Vice President would take over. There would not be another election until the 4 year term was up. Does this change your mind about anything?
This does change my opinion slightly, yes. This was the only reasonable evedince that I had to prove that a younger president is more efficient than an older president. It still wouldn't be that practical if the Vice President had to take over. It COULD change how people then vote in the future as they may think that the injury could be repeated. Thanks for bringing this up it really made me think.
08 Sep 2020
Hello inspired_world, your point of view is very interesting and does supports the principle to set a minimum age to run for the presidency. I agree that people from different generations can address the same situation in different ways however the presidency is not a job that can be done by a person alone.... here is where diversity and inclusion provides the opportunity to anyone to work with people from all backgrounds so they are able to understand them better... do you think that this approach through collaboration and encouraging a diverse working team to come together could help address the perceived experience gaps of the older generations? and if this is the case, then perhaps being 70+ is not a disadvantage but perhaps not recognising the opportunities to listen and work with others is.
09 Sep 2020
I agree with both ages because if they were younger than 35 then they might make stupid decisions like you said but if where -35 they would maybe have a fresher brain (knowledge) and live a longer life.
09 Sep 2020
You are right, but have you thought about having an age limit for how 'old' you can be?
I agree if you are more than 70 perhaps maybe your brain will start to resist to work on what you want. I'm not very sure but this is a guess.
09 Sep 2020
I think that they should change the age limit to 20 and thay should have a old age limit to 75
09 Sep 2020
I think it should be 30 to 70 because if youre 18 or 20 you woulnt have much political experience so it might not go well also, if you are over 70 you might not have the best ideas.
09 Sep 2020
I agree with this post it could be good to have a young president but it could be equally good to have a older president because they could have more experience and more knowledge on the laws however a younger president could be more up to date with new technology to help improve things and the would be updated with more news and knowledge that's my opinion.
09 Sep 2020
I'd say that 22-69 for age restriction because of course you wouldn't choose a teenager a toddler or a child they don't have much life experience than adults and you don't want a president who never studied like they could be nice, respected and wise but if they didn't study for a job like that makes it most likely that they would know less about it than the people who got a degree and studied most on that subject.And you don't want a president older than 70 you don't know it they are too old to think straight and head to what the country needs or not. Also how will you know who's fit for the job? I don't mean to offend the older generation but you do not know how long they will stay in shape for the job.
Thanks for reading,
empathetic_brain
09 Sep 2020
I honestly don't think there should be an age restriction but I do think there should be an age minimum like maybe 25 or something!!!
09 Sep 2020
My opinion would be that you at least need to be 20 or over because teenagers seem a bit young but over 20 seems pretty reasonable to me
Can you give some reasons for this, eager_chocolate?
Because teenagers haven't had enough time to be experienced but probably by the time you are 20 you probably would have enough experience
I kind of agree If the the had a job like a politician or a lawyer before.
09 Sep 2020
If they were about 30 they would be experienced and skilled with more expert training.
That's an interesting idea, funny_meteor. What do you mean by expert training? What experience do you think a nominee should have before running for presidential office?
10 Sep 2020
I kind of agree If they had a job like a politician or a lawyer before.
10 Sep 2020
I think the age shouldn't matter as long as your over 18 and you have 5 years or over of experience in politics you should be able to run.
10 Sep 2020
We need a younger generation vote for Trump
10 Sep 2020
I think there should be a new age restriction because what if they were very old and forgot lots of things and if they were to young they might not know how to run the country and might make some bad laws like if they were teenagers then they might say stuff like children at the age of 14 don't have to go to school and they might say that driving licences are allowed at 10.
10 Sep 2020
Well I strongly agree that there schould be a age limit Because if there is not a limit they could say stuff that is completely wrong and could make very bad decisions
10 Sep 2020
Well I strongly agree that there schould be a age limit Because if there is not a limit they could say stuff that is completely wrong and could make very bad decisions
10 Sep 2020
I think that the age limit should be 25+ maybe , because they would of finished quite a lot of things by then and they would of had a fair amount of experience. The only problem with that would be that sometimes older people are more mature so ,that might not be old enough. :(
Although, in a way I don't think it matters what the age limit is because Trump is not very mature - even though he is quite old!
Hi jazzed_beaver, you have made a really interesting distinction between experience and maturity here. You say that President Trump is not very mature; how important do you think that is for a President, even if they have lots of experience? Do you think that maturity grows with experience or are they separate things?
10 Sep 2020
I think it should be twenty to be able to be president because they would have some experience but also have a young mind. I also think there should be a age limit because if you are old you may forget things more often so I think the age limit should be 60 or 55
I agree with being around 20 to become president, but I'm going to have to disagree with being 55-60 and not being able to run as there have been many many occasions where a president around 70 has been great. But I respect your opinions and see your reasoning so I thank you x
10 Sep 2020
Wow, this is a great post!
15 Sep 2020
I like that you think of the age being a problem yes 35+ is actually quit young but young people with dreams might want to do it but when they older they might not be bothered but I do really like your reasoning :)
15 Sep 2020
I like that you think of the age being a problem yes 35+ is actually quit young but young people with dreams might want to do it but when they older they might not be bothered but I do really like your reasoning :)
25 Sep 2020
Yeah there should be atleast 30+ experience is key
25 Sep 2020
Yeah there should be atleast 30+ experience is key
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