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The US government is old and getting older.
There are profound implications — social, civil, technological — for the electorate.
See whether your knowledge of the US gerontocracy makes the grade.
Insider recently launched “Red, White, and Gray,” a series that explores the costs, benefits, and dangers of life in a democracy helmed by those of advanced age, where issues of profound importance to the nation’s youth and future — technology, civil rights, and, yes, energy and the environment — are largely in the hands of those whose primes have passed.
Test your knowledge here about the United States’ gerontocracy.