[mushbino]

In the US? I believe the average age of a representative is 75 and most of them have been there for a very long time.

[justin66]

> average age of a representative is 75

Come on. It's 58. I didn't even have to type to check this, just "Search Google for..."

[binarycrusader]

Congress? Sure. But the Senate? Median age there is ~69 years. Median term length? Nearly 14 years!

https://infogalactic.com/info/List_of_current_United_States_...

[AnimalMuppet]

OK, but members of the House are "representatives"; members of the Senate are "senators". So if you're going to regard mushbino's statement as referring to only one side, it has to be referring to the House.

[justin66]

It would be a bit odd if the median term length were much longer, and if you look at an actuarial table you'll see why. I guess that's one advantage to electing the ancient: built-in term limits.