Young adult author Soman Chainani’s radical case for lowering the presidential age requirement

The best way to understand how young people feel about politics today may be by talking to the people writing books for them. Bestselling young adult author Soman Chainani – whose previous series “The School for Good and Evil” was adapted into a major Netflix film – poses a provocative idea in his new novel “Young World:" Should presidents really have to be 35 years old? POLITICO’s Dasha Burns talked to him about his radical pitch to lower the presidential age requirement, why young Americans feel like the system is “rigged against them,” and his warning that America’s youth will either disassociate or radicalize if they are not taken seriously by Washington. Chapters: 0:00 Why he wrote "Young World" 0:56 Why the presidential age requirement should be lowered 3:21 Soman's relationship with Zohran Mamdani 4:17 Youth literacy crisis 5:20 How Washington can involve young people ----------------------------------------- Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjtvMmHXbutALaw9XzRkAg?view_as=subscriber Check out our video catalog: https://www.politico.com/video Follow POLITICO here: ➤ X: https://x.com/politico/ ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politico/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politico/