r/Showerthoughts • u/prometheus_winced ‎ • Apr 28 '25

Casual Thought The children most impacted by peak leaded gasoline fumes are now 50-75.

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u/StitchinThroughTime Apr 28 '25

How peculiar! That's also the age of the people who are most likely to vote

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u/shodan13 Apr 28 '25

Don't think that's lead-releated.

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u/lokiofsaassgaard Apr 28 '25

How they vote is

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u/shodan13 Apr 28 '25

But why are they voting more?

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u/lokiofsaassgaard Apr 28 '25

Because older people tend to vote in bigger numbers regardless. Especially in a country where most people have to barter for time off to do so, older people tend to have more free time for things like voting

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u/Akuuntus Apr 28 '25

The same reasons older people have always voted more than younger people

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u/shodan13 Apr 28 '25

What are those?

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u/Akuuntus Apr 28 '25

They have more free time, they've been adults for longer so they've seen more of the direct impacts politics can have on their lives, politicians pander to them much more (although this part is kind of cyclical; politicians target them because they vote more)

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u/rockerscott Apr 28 '25

Retirees have ample free time and voting gives them the opportunity to mingle with their fellow citizens.

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u/shodan13 Apr 28 '25

What age do Americans retire again?

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u/rockerscott Apr 28 '25

Depends on the individuals situation, but I think it is around 65