My first quarter of college was during the last presidential election and I took a Political Science class on US campaigns and elections. Most of the people taking the class were fresh out of high school like I was, but there was one guy there who was in his forties pushing fifty. He was a great asset to the class because he could say things like, "Well, I remember back in the 1980s when Reagen was running for reelection and did a lot of this sort of campaigning..."
Sure it was an "old guy" in a class full of mostly young kids, but he had a lot of insight on things.