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michaelflutist's avatar

55 is not old at all. I support primarying out overly right-wing or timid Democrats when that is likely to result in moving the seats in question further left, rather than losing them to Republicans, but trying to purge the party based on age starting at 55 would be ludicrous and stupid, in my opinion.

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Miguel Parreno's avatar

I didn't say it was. That's just the cutoff that I decided on and there are bigger fish to fry than those that are 55. I'm also looking at what their primary vote share was, what their district vote share was, where they fall ideologically, and how long they've been in office. Anyone from the 1900s in a 60+% district I think should be primaried at the very least. For example Doris Matsui and her husband have represented a California congressional district going back to 1979. She's 80 years old and her district voted for her with over 66% of the vote. I think she's someone who should be primaried if she doesn't retire.

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michaelflutist's avatar

Anyone from the 1900s. That means people over 25. Hahahahahah

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sacman701's avatar

Democrats have a problem with younger voters and noncollege younger voters in particular, but the solution isn't to descend into blatant ageism.

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