Over three-fourths of Americans think there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey.

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    I think term limits on the presidency meant that Trump ran against Clinton instead of Obama.

    Obama was more popular than Clinton.

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      Hillary, Why pick her over anyone else when her stigma was so intensely negitive? Isnt their goal to get their person in that chair via the election.

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      That’s okay and that’s the democracy we chose.

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        I would have rather had a third term of Obama than what we got with Trump, and I think term limits for the presidency were a shortsighted mistake.

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          I… appreciate that sentiment, but I also fear how history has taught us long terms can lead to leader who… don’t wanna leave. Of course that didn’t stop trump from trying.

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            Of course that didn’t stop trump from trying.

            And he had the same term limits as anyone else since 1951. Who fought the peaceful transition of power prior to 1951?

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              Well trump didnt reach the 2 term limit. That was his first. I acknowledge he is different, but I’m open to what point you’re trying to make?