Name: 不僅僅是美國，為什麼世界領導人現在都這麼老？ (It’s Not Just the U.S. Why Are World Leaders So Old Now? | WSJ State of the Stat)
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Duration: 7 min 9 s

- [Narrator] All 10 of the world's most populated countries

have leaders or a leader elect over the age of 70.

有 70 歲以上的領導人或當選領導人。

- Well, more than half of the world at this point

- 那麼，目前世界上一半以上的國家

lives in a country where a leader is over 70.

生活在一個領導人超過 70 歲的國家。

- [Narrator] And those leaders are on average

more than 40 years older than their population's median age.

比其人口的中位年齡大 40 多歲。

are increasingly older than their constituents,

and political engagement around the globe.

Globally, the median age of world leaders is 62

在全球範圍內，世界領導人的中位年齡為 62 歲

他們中的大多數人都已五六十歲。

And the gap in age between leaders and their constituents

where the population has been growing younger,

but leaders are some of the oldest globally.

但在全球範圍內，這些領導人的歷史最為悠久。

Cameroon has the world's oldest in Paul Biya.

喀麥隆擁有世界上最年長的保羅-比亞。

for more than 40 years, but there are some exceptions.

- [喬恩]在歐洲，人們都上了年紀、

particularly younger leaders or exceptions to this rule,

特別是年輕的領導人或例外情況、

are often in countries that have very strong parties

Countries where parties get very actively involved

in recruiting young people into their ranks.

- [Narrator] In the US, concerns about age

- [旁白] 在美國，對年齡的關注

- Don't you think we need to have mental competency tests

- 你不認為我們需要進行心理能力測試嗎？

- [Narrator] When they face off in the 2024 election,

will be the oldest candidates in US history again.

將再次成為美國曆史上最年長的候選人。

- [Narrator] US presidents' ages have been trending upwards

- 旁白] 美國總統的年齡呈上升趨勢

in the last century, but it's not just the president.

在上個世紀，美國總統的任期是最長的，但這不僅僅是總統的問題。

In 2021, the US Congress was the oldest on record.

2021 年，美國國會成為有史以來最老的一屆國會。

- It's very important for the legitimacy of democracy

that politicians actually are seen to reflect

39% of voting age Americans are under 40,

39%的美國選民年齡在 40 歲以下、

And worldwide, the median age of legislators

而在世界範圍內，立法者的中位年齡

has trended upwards in the past few decades.

在過去的幾十年裡，這一數字呈上升趨勢。

is just getting better and it's spread more widely.

越來越好，傳播範圍也越來越廣。

The broad rise of autocracy in the world is something

專制制度在世界上的廣泛興起是

that is likely going to lead to more older leaders.

這很可能會導致更多的老年領導人。

10 most populated countries, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping

人口最多的 10 個國家、弗拉基米爾-普京和習近平

have deepened their power in Russia and China.

加深了他們在俄羅斯和中國的勢力。

35% of the world's population is living in countries

世界 35% 的人口生活在以下國家

But in non-autocratic states, it can be hard

for younger candidates to run in costly elections.

讓年輕的候選人参加費用高昂的選舉。

- Just harder to get money if you're young.

- 只是如果你還年輕，就更難拿到錢了。

Maybe you were born with it, but if weren't born with it,

也許你與生俱來，但如果不是與生俱來、

you then have to go to people to give you that money

and you have to persuade them to back you.

- [Narrator] The US had its most expensive election

- [旁白] 美國經歷了最昂貴的選舉

- It's not the only place where individual candidates

- 這不是個別候選人的唯一去處

This is very much the case in countries in Asia,

Right, which are right there with the United States

of having very few young people in government.

- [Narrator] And with more career politicians,

have never dropped below 85% in the House.

Incumbents also have an advantage around the world.

在全球範圍內，在位者也有優勢。

you can often stay there for quite some time.

你經常可以在那裡停留很長時間。

To be clear, I think there are a lot of positives

說白了，我認為有很多積極因素

to having people who know how to get things done,

他們擁有豐富的網絡，使他們能夠

are just less interested in say, a given election

只是對某次選舉不那麼感興趣而已

when the leaders are much older than them.

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