美选民希望总统候选人年龄设限 A recent public opinion survey found that Americans have concerns about the age of presidential candidates . The survey is connected to the Williams Institute at UCLA .
It found that voters are more likely to reject a candidate over 70 years old than one who is homosexual . The information comes as Americans prepare for the 2020 presidential election .
On Election Day next November , Senator Bernie Sanders would be 79 ; former Vice President Joe Biden 77 ; President Donald Trump 74 ; and Senator Elizabeth Warren 71. The two youngest candidates are Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and Mayor Pete Buttigieg , who are both in their thirties .
Buttigieg is also one of the first openly gay presidential candidates from a major party . The survey was meant to find out Americans ' opinions about a homosexual presidential candidate .
A public opinion survey in 2007 found that Americans were more likely to support a candidate in his or her seventies than one who was homosexual . But this year , a number of national surveys showed the opposite .
The recent UCLA survey found that nearly half of adults in the U . S . would be much or somewhat less likely to support a presidential candidate older than 70. In contrast , about one - third said they would be less likely to vote for someone who is gay .
The survey measured the public ' s general acceptance of people from different groups . It did not ask about voters ' support for individual candidates . Kyle Kondik is a political observer at the University of Virginia ' s Center for Politics .
Kondik noted that people ' s answers in a survey can be different from what they decide on Election Day . People might say they want a younger candidate , Kondik observed . But age may not be the only issue that informs their vote .
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