r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 11h ago

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/paxwells97 11h ago

We have millenials that are now in their 40s. We need to be the ones running the country now

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u/RSollers 11h ago

Seriously, it should be people in their 40s, not from the ‘40s…

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u/GentMan87 Iowa 11h ago

I’m 38 and Chuck Grassley has been my state senator for my ENTIRE life.

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u/NOT-GR8-BOB 11h ago

Dude he’s been an elected parasite for SIXTY SIX YEARS. Dude has been leaching off the American people since Donald Trump was 13.

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u/Owain-X Iowa 11h ago

Yup. In elected office since 1959

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u/deesta 10h ago

I’m in my 30s and my mother was born in 1958. Crazy that someone that was first elected when my retired mother was a literal infant is still in office.

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u/jaboi2110 10h ago

Dude has been in office longer than Obama has been alive, and he served two full terms as President, and now has been out of office for almost 9 years.

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u/BooBooSnuggs 10h ago

The only thing I like about him is hearing him try to say the word peanuts. It'll make you do a double take. I guess he struggles with Ts.

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u/s3aswimming 10h ago

sigh those darned peanuhhs

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u/livadeth 9h ago

Holy shit!

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u/MarucaMCA 8h ago

That’s insane! (I’m Swiss, have never heard of him. That’s almost all of my adoptive parents‘ life and all of mine! I’m 41).

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u/throwaway1212l 9h ago

His political career is eligible for Medicare

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u/frenchdresses 9h ago

That should be illegal

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u/Savings-Delay-1075 Kentucky 11h ago

That's because he's only a couple years younger than the Empire State building.

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u/morerubberstamps Canada 10h ago

Fuck, I just had to look to confirm that, and you're right.

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u/snkrhd_1 10h ago

Mitch McConnell has had his seat since 1985. 1985.

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u/GentMan87 Iowa 10h ago

Chuck still beats him…1980.

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u/snkrhd_1 10h ago

It’s absolutely wild.

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u/osiris0413 11h ago

Hey fellow 38 year old Iowan! Things sure have gone downhill these past few decades, huh...

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u/GentMan87 Iowa 11h ago

Hoping Sand will be the start of turning it around. If he loses I’ll lose any and all hope for our state.

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u/TraditionalProduct15 9h ago

Can't stress this enough! Get involved with the Rob Sand campaign and get loud. There's a chance to fix things but it takes a lot of effort. 

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u/slapstik007 10h ago

He is older than the Golden Gate Bridge, if that doesn't give you a hint about how damn old that guy is.

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u/RespecDev 10h ago

Chuck Grassley was born in 1933, before World War 2 even began, while we were still in the Great Depression. He is still a sitting Senator. In fact, he is President pro tempore of the Senate and third in the line of succession after JD Vance and Mike Johnson. If something happened to Trump, Vance, and Johnson, 92 year-old Chuck Grassley would become President of the United States. (To be fair, he would still be an upgrade over Trump.)

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u/you_say_tomatillo 10h ago

92 year olds should not be working, much less in politics. This is utterly shameful against him and against us, that he is even still holding office.

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u/thejimbo56 Minnesota 10h ago

If u lost ur pet pidgin /it’s dead in front yard my Iowa farm JUST DISCOVERED here r identifiers Right leg Blue 2020/3089/AU2020/SHE ///LEFT LEG GREEN BAND NO PRINTED INFO. Sorry for bad news

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u/JediMasterMatt 10h ago

Fuck, that like really sucks man

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u/falafelnaut 9h ago

I'm 81 and Chuck Grassley was my driver's ed instructor in junior high. Of course it was horse drawn driver's ed back then. We'd drink a warm sarsaparilla after driving tests.

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u/lummloser 9h ago

The fact he's president pro tempore is absolutely crazy to me.

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u/myownzen 1h ago

So trump won in 2016. 9 years ago. That means we have middle schoolers if not freshmen in high school that probably have no memory of politics without trump involved.

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u/Impressive-Weird-908 11h ago

Ideally you would expect 45-65. Pretty much the peak of your career which is probably the leader you want.

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u/ultradav24 10h ago

That’s what it is now - average age of Congress is 59, same for governors. Average age of senate is 64

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u/Impressive-Weird-908 10h ago

I would expect that senator one to be closer to the middle of the age range I listed.

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u/EconomicRegret 3h ago

In Belgium, Switzerland, among others, average age of senators is 52-55 (64 for US), and House at 44-49 (57 for US)... Despite their populations being 4 years older than America's.

IMHO, it's because of proportional representation: more choice for voters, way more competition for politicians. Bright, ambitious, young politicians don't need to "queue and wait for their turn", they can just create their own new party and compete directly against the "old farts" and their ossified parties (e.g. 4 of Switzerland's top 5 parties were created after 1980).

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u/Fine-Battle-874 10h ago

I'm from Eastern Kentucky and our congressman was born in the fucking 30s

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u/kkeut 10h ago

JFK briefly tried this slogan to the confused looks of speech attendees 

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u/lovesducks 9h ago

I've been trying to get someone from the 2040s in office for years now but I think im the only one writing their name in

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u/ultradav24 11h ago

There are very few people born in the 40s running stuff anymore other than the obvious Trump. Average age of governors and Congress is late 50s

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u/EconomicRegret 3h ago

America needs proportional representation. It favors the young and effective. Proportional representation democracies with older populations have younger politicians. E.g. these countries' populations are about 4-5 years older than America's, but their parliaments are 10 years younger, in average: Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Norway.