JPR Nutjobs interpret CA moving up their primary as an attack on Sanders chances in 2020

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132. Those stats apply to groups, not individuals

Pre-judging performance of an individual based upon group memberships is prejudice.

Shall we not have individual males run for the presidency because statistics show that as a group they commit the majority of violent crimes? -or should we treat members of this group as individuals.

Shall we not have individual disabled persons run of the presidency because as a group they have less stamina and a higher premature death rate? -or should we treat members of this group as individuals.

As for solid statistics:

Consider this: A 65 year-old woman has a 50/50 chance of living another 20 years to age 85, according to an online calculator maintained by the Society of Actuaries (SOA). Similarly, a 65 year-old man has a 50/50 chance of living another 17 years to age 82.

This information might cause you some confusion if you've read that the average life expectancy in the U.S. is currently 81 for women and 76 for men. But these are life expectancies from birth -- they don't apply to someone who's already reached age 65.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-common-mistakes-we-make-thinking-about-how-long-we-might-live/

Additionally people who have led active and stimulating lives and have had a lifetime of the best medical care available (which many politicians have had) are more likely to remain healthy in older age.

Konrad Adenauer, serving as Chancellor of West Germany after World War II, from age 73 into his eighties, certainly did more for Germany in the years in which he held that office, than the much younger Adolf Hitler, did in his years of power.