Voters overwhelmingly back age, term limits for House and Senate candidates after five lawmakers die in office over past 14 months: poll

Nypost · May 07, 2026 · 397 words · By Ryan King

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Voters overwhelmingly back age, term limits for House and Senate candidates after five lawmakers die in office over past 14 months: poll Capitol Hill is not supposed to be one to die on.

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What happened

Voters overwhelmingly back age, term limits for House and Senate candidates after five lawmakers die in office over past 14 months: poll Capitol Hill is not supposed to be one to die on.

Why it matters

A supermajority of Americans of all political persuasions want age and term limits placed on lawmakers as well as candidates seeking election to the House or Senate, according to a new poll.

Common ground

The NPR/PBS News/Marist survey found that 80% of registered voters support setting a maximum age limit for candidate eligibility, while 84% backed capping the number of terms legislators could serve.

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Claim 1: “84% backed capping the number of terms legislators could serve”

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Multiple sources confirm the survey results regarding term limits. One source explicitly mentions 84% backed capping terms, while another mentions 83% nationally, and a third mentions 'nearly 9 in 10' (which aligns with 84-89%).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of opinion polls taken on the presidency of Joe Biden in 2024 and the first twenty days of January 2025. To navigate between years, see opinion polling on the Biden administration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–2025_opinion_polling_on_t…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Marist Poll, founded in 1978, is a national public opinion poll operated by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion (MIPO) on the campus of Marist University in Poughkeepsie, New York. The poll wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marist_Poll

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the general election for the 2024 United States presidential election. Those named in the polls were declared candidat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for…

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Claim 2: “Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.), passed away April 22 at age 80 of natural causes”

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No evidence was found in the search results to confirm or deny the death of Rep. David Scott.

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Claim 3: “He [Sen. Chuck Grassley] is No. 3 in the presidential line of succession and chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee”

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Claim 4: “The poll sampled 1,155 registered voters April 27-30 with a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.3 percentage points”

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Claim 5: “Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), 92, is the oldest member of either chamber of Congress”

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Claim 6: “Republicans were slightly more supportive of term limits (89%) and age limits (83%) than Democrats (78% support for both)”

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The specific breakdown of support by party (89% Republicans for term limits, 83% for age limits, and 78% for both for Democrats) is explicitly detailed in the NPR search result.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican ticket of former president Donald Trump and Ohio junior senator JD Vance defeated the Democratic ticket of inc…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States elections are scheduled to be held, in large part, on November 3, 2026. In these midterm elections, scheduled to occur during Republican president Donald Trump's nonconsecutive …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a right-wing to far-right political party in the United States. It emerged as the main rival of the Democratic Party in the 1850s, and…
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Claim 7: “The NPR/PBS News/Marist survey found that 80% of registered voters support setting a maximum age limit for candidate eligibility”

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The claim is explicitly confirmed by multiple web search results citing the NPR/PBS News/Marist survey, specifically stating that 80% of registered voters support a maximum age limit.

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Claim 8: “President Trump is set to turn 80 next month”

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Claim 9: “Respondents ages 60 or older were more amenable to term limits (84%) than age limits (79%)”

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web search NEUTRAL — The poll found that 78% of Democrats support both age caps and term limits. Eighty-three percent of Republicans backed maximum age limits, and nearly 9 in 10 supported term limits.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5806294/congress-age-ca…

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web search NEUTRAL — This NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll national survey of 1,322 adults was conducted April 27th through April 30th, 2026, by the Marist Poll in partnership with NPR and PBS News.
https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/president-trump-while-at…

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web search NEUTRAL — A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds strong support for Democrats this midterm season.As a result, 81% of respondents said current gas prices are a strain on their household budget, including 79% of R…
https://www.wuga.org/2026-05-06/poll-trump-blamed-for-gas-pr…

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Claim 10: “Currently, House lawmakers are required to be at least 25 years old”

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The minimum age of 25 for the House of Representatives is a constitutional fact confirmed by the Newsweek search result and implied by the general structure of US government references.

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web search NEUTRAL — The United States federal government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.The House of Representatives and Senate have separate roles in this process. The House…
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate make up the two chambers of Congress. The House has 435 members, the number representing each state is determined by population.
https://www.usa.gov/agencies/u-s-house-of-representatives

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web search NEUTRAL — House of Representatives - Chapter 255B.
https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/House

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Claim 11: “the Senate has a median age of 64.7 years”

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Claim 12: “Should he conclude his term as scheduled on Jan. 20, 2029, he will surpass his predecessor, Joe Biden, as the oldest president in US history”

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Claim 13: “The 119th Congress is the third-oldest in US history, behind the 115th (2017-2019) and 117th (2021-2023), per an analysis by NBC News”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding an NBC News analysis of the age of the 119th Congress.

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Claim 14: “There is no maximum age limit or restriction on how many terms they can seek”

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Newsweek explicitly states that 'there are currently no maximum age limits for politicians in the country' and the Constitution does not impose term limits for Congress.

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web search NEUTRAL — This is a list of term limits for heads of state, heads of government and other notable public office holders by country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_term_limits

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web search NEUTRAL — While there are currently no maximum age limits for politicians in the country, the U.S. Constitution sets minimum age requirements for offices. For members of the House of Representatives, the minimu…
https://www.newsweek.com/71-percent-us-senators-out-if-age-l…

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web search NEUTRAL — Age limits for elected officials doesn't seem so far-fetched when you consider that the Constitution already imposes age minimums on them, Gonzales writes. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo).
https://rollcall.com/2025/04/22/age-limits-member-congress-c…

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Claim 15: “five House members have died in office during the 119th Congress”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries for the number '5', a boy band, and a game mod, none of which provide information about deaths in the 119th Congress.

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5

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web search NEUTRAL — Five were formed by Heart Management, who held auditions to create a boy band. The group were signed by Simon Cowell and BMG / RCA. In November 1997, Five released their debut single, "Slam Dunk (Da F…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_(group)

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web search NEUTRAL — FiveM allows servers to use custom cars, maps, weapons, and more dynamically. FiveM allows servers to keep the original game AI, so you'll never be alone. You can also PvE! FiveM uses Rockstar's netwo…
https://fivem.net/

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Claim 16: “aspiring senators must be 30 years old to seek office”

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Wikipedia and Newsweek both explicitly state that a senator must be at least 30 years of age.

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web search NEUTRAL — Membership. See also: List of current United States senators. Members of the United States Senate by class from the staggered term system for the 119th United States Congress.A senator must be thirty …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate

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web search NEUTRAL — Each state elects two senators for six-year terms. The terms of about one-third of the Senate membership expire every two years, earning the chamber the nickname “the house that never dies.”
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Senate-United-States-govern…

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web search NEUTRAL — members of the House and Senate currently make $179,000 per year.
https://www.thoughtco.com/salaries-and-benefits-of-congress-…

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Claim 17: “The median age of the 435-member House of Representatives was 57.5 years as of early 2025, according to data from Pew Research”

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