Countries that have mandatory retirements for politicians include Argentina (age 75), Brazil (75 for judges and prosecutors), Mexico (70 for judges and prosecutors) and Singapore (75 for members of parliament.)
Response rates from 429 Sydney voters.
87% Yes |
13% No |
74% Yes |
10% No |
10% Yes, and politicians of any age should be required to pass a mental competency test |
1% No, I would prefer term limits instead |
3% Yes, and ban anyone over the age of retirement from running for office |
0% No, this discriminates against older politicians |
0% No, our government needs experienced leaders |
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0% No, mental competency is too subjective and the testing process could be abused |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 429 Sydney voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 429 Sydney voters.
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Unique answers from Sydney voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@B32RT3F4 days4D
No, it should be up to the populace to determine if or not the politician in question is mentally competent.
@9ZM933G3mos3MO
All politicians should have annual mental competency and psych health assessment tests AT THEIR EXPENSE NOT OURS to remain in parliament.
The people should be comfortable knowing we arent being run by narcissistic, psychopathic, greedy, out of touch with the average public, mentally inept humans as it appears we are run by now.
@9TKSK4D5mos5MO
Yes and ban them from running if over the age of retirement. This testing should be done for those over 60 years of age
@9JPT89C1yr1Y
Every politician should be required to pass a mental competency test.
@99GK8MC2yrs2Y
no one is in government for that long usually resigned or retired
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