The median age of a US senator is 66, which is nearly at the median age (70) of the Soviet politburo at the peak of gerontocracy in 1982.
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I did the actuarial math and there's only like a 14% chance that the entire Senate lives to see Election Day.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1192567661357494272 …
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Pinboard @PinboardOkay, I did the actuarial math. 14% chance that all sitting senators will live to November 2020 56% chance that at least one Democrat or independent dies in office 67% chance that at least one Republican dies in office Check my work! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gWVuTPWLXZH3nB5oVMAmbnw6BedmiSz16pRv3drrlX8/edit?usp=sharing …Show this thread1 reply 8 retweets 24 likes -
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Err, gotta bump it to 17% or so now since there are only ten months left before the election. Still, you'd think a roughly 4 in 5 chance of a Senate vacancy would receive more attention.
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Death is nature's position on term limits.
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