While bipartisan support is hard to find nowadays and often seems more like a fairytale than Santa, however, a new survey has found that Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing, a maximum age limit for elected officials.
Not only do political rivals agree on imposing age limits for elected officials, but different demographics do too.
The poll, conducted by CBS News and YouGov, found that 73% of Americans are in support of age limits for elected officials. Among different political parties, 71% of Democrats, 75% of independents, and 75% of Republicans support it.
Surprisingly, the poll found that older demographics were more in support of age restrictions, with 68% of those 18-29 supporting the idea, 75% of those 30-44 and 45-64, and 74% of those 65 and older.
As for what respondents said should be the maximum age for officials, 70 was the most chosen number. That number is higher than the current average for U.S. senators, but approximately one-third of senators are 70 or older.
The poll also found that a majority of Americans support more young people being elected to office, as they think it would be positive for U.S. politics.
Respondents were also asked which of five demographics they think would make politics better if there were more of them elected. The groups were young people, women, racial minorities, LGBTQ people, and older people.
Young people received the most responses, with 47%, followed by women at 45%, racial minorities at 41%, LGBTQ people at 32%, and older people at 12%. Respondents were allowed to pick more than one group in their responses.
The poll was conducted nationally with 2,085 U.S. adult residents participating from Aug. 29-31. There is a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 points.
