Experience is not linier. just because someone is old doesn't mean they are wise and often times the old fall out of touch with the new things in the world ( see boomers trying to use a computer). In either case people who vote should actually be informed and not just vote on a single issue or party without asking any questions. I swear some of people would vote for Hitler just because he was anti abortion or wore the right color tie.
I also wonder if we would be better off with a alternative method for choosing our leaders such as Sortition or maybe ai. In either case the fact that we are stuck in a system with only 2 partys is definitely not ideal.
He wouldn't have any experience of what can go wrong in Europe...