Most Americans favor maximum age limits for federal elected officials, Supreme Court justices
79% of Americans favor maximum age limits for elected officials in Washington, D.C. And 74% support such limits for Supreme Court justices.
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79% of Americans favor maximum age limits for elected officials in Washington, D.C. And 74% support such limits for Supreme Court justices.
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Donald Trump’s four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history.
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Democrats are more concerned than Republicans about the ease of voting and the broader integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
What does the 2020 electorate look like politically, demographically and religiously as the race enters its final days?
Americans give their country comparatively low marks for its handling of the pandemic – and people in other nations tend to agree.
Donald Trump leaves the White House having appointed nearly as many appeals court judges in four years as Barack Obama appointed in eight.
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