House gets younger, Senate gets older: A look at the age and generation of lawmakers in the 118th Congress
The median age of voting House lawmakers is 57.9 years, while the new Senate’s median age is 65.3 years.
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The median age of voting House lawmakers is 57.9 years, while the new Senate’s median age is 65.3 years.
79% of Americans favor maximum age limits for elected officials in Washington, D.C. And 74% support such limits for Supreme Court justices.
Similar shares of U.S. adults believe news organizations are giving too much attention (32%) or too little attention (29%) to Biden’s age.
An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
The U.S. abortion rate has generally declined since the 1980s, but there have been slight upticks in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
The share of Americans who say the United States stands above all other nations in the world has declined modestly over the past four years.
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.
Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over roughly the past two decades and since 2020.
Seven-in-ten Americans say elected officials should avoid heated or aggressive language because it could encourage some people to take violent action.
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
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