With Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the gerontocracy in the United States is the symbol of a world of aging leaders (Swiss Press Online 2025, by Daniel Gonzalez) - Swiss Press Award
Le Temps
Online
2025
Daniel Gonzalez
This article aims to understand how the United States was forced to choose between two very elderly presidential candidates. Beyond the American case, this investigation seeks to analyze the phenomenon of gerontocracy using data on the ages of world leaders and their analysis by experts. The narrative relies on modular journalism for augmented information. (in a team with Kylian Marcos, kylian.marcos@letemps.ch)
