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Congress is older than the voters it answers to, and those voters skew old too

Verdicts: 2 True, 3 Mostly True, 2 Mixed, 3 Unproven, 1 Misleading, 1 False

The median senator is 12 years older than the median 2024 voter. Research finds lawmakers follow voters, and voters are older than the country.

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