Ageism during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: thematic analysis of tweets.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

When the 2024 U.S. Presidential election was announced, Joe Biden and Donald Trump were two of the oldest candidates in election history. This circumstance created sentiments of ageist political discourse and arguments for presidential age limits. Despite clear ageist discourse during the U.S. election, there is a notable lack of research examining this issue. This study used posts from X (formerly Twitter) to understand ageism on social media during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, particularly focusing on the campaign period when the race was between Biden and Trump.

Research design and methods

Posts were collected from X during the American presidential election campaign from February 11-25, 2024. After filtering out non-English, incomplete,

SUBMITTER: Bacsu JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12476580 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature