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The age/fitness thing definitely cuts both parties. That said some of it is the news cycle, there have always been unhealthy and old people in office, and our system of government unlike a lot of things does account for it since people used to just get TB or smallpox and drop dead or be too sick to make the trip to DC all the time back then. In more modern times, LBJ had his first heart attack when he was a senator (and about Fetterman's age), still got re-elected then VP and president, just one example off hand.
But perception is a weird thing. People still treat Canadian PM Trudeau like he's an inexperienced kid who only got the job because of his dad... he's fucking 51! It's still very much a boomer's world in terms of how people perceive leadership and experience.
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