Why does USA elect grandpas for a president?

[Cubus]

Donald Trump was 70 years old when he became a president and 74 years old when he was seeking reelection. Joe Biden was 78 when he was elected a president. If he runs for reelection, he will be 82 YEARS OLD (!). Hillary Clinton who lost to Trump in 2016 was 69 then. Bernie Sanders who lost to Clinton in Democratic primaries in 2016 was 75 years old then.

Why can't you people elect people in 50s?

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I'm only talking about last years. I know that there were young presidents in United States' history, but in last 4 elections all candidates (excluding Obama) were in 70s or late 60s.

[OlderAndWiser]

You should study the history of our presideny.

Age 40-49 when became president: James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, Ulysses S. Grant, James A. Garfield, Grover Cleveland (first term), Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.

Age 50-59 when became president: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland (second term), William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and George W. Bush.

[Cubus]

I only talk about last years. I know they were younger presidents back in the days, but nowadays I have a feeling that United States became a gerontocracy.

[OlderAndWiser]

Two of our last five presidents were in their 40's when they took office and one of our last five was in his 50's. The last two were older but that only covers about the last 5½ years.

[OlderAndWiser]

In our last four presidential elections, a candidate under 60 won twice.

[FunkyMonkee]

First off, Biden didn't win, he cheated.
Secondly, there's a law that says you have to be 42 to run for president and that's, pretty much, grandparent age.
Also, except for in the case of Hitlary, and Joe, wisdom comes with age.
I have a feeling Joe won't make it very far into his third year! And, if he DOES run, again, nobody's gonna vote for him!! Nobody alive, anyway. Just like last time.

[Cubus]

Isn't the required age 35?

[FunkyMonkee]

On second thought, I think it's 40. If it IS 35, it's news to me. I've always heard it was 40. Kennedy was the youngest we've ever had and I'm pretty sure he was 40 and JUST made the cut.

[Cubus]

Kennedy was 43, Theodore Roosevelt was also quite young, from what I remember.

[FunkyMonkee]

Maybe that's where I got the idea it was 42.

[FunkyMonkee]

Most of them have been trying to get in to fuck up the country for a long time! Bush, Clinton & Soetoro started fucking us over, Joe's been SEVERELY fucking us over!! They are all career politicians! Trump only chose to run a few years ago and never tried before. He's not a politician at all! Can't you tell? Unlike the others, he did a TON of good for the country!!

[Cubus]

As someone who is not American: what good things Trump did for USA?

[FunkyMonkee]

I'm too tired to come up with a full list but, for starters, he started doing his job the day he got elected!! He got jobs for at least 10-00 people just after the election. He did his job FOR FREE, he created thousands of jobs at better wages, lowered taxes, built the wall on the southern border, kept us from going to war, got respect from everyone around the world, kept Hitlary out of office (so to speak). THAT would've been a MAJOR disaster for us all!! He got us the covid shots and a couple of the cures, lowered prices across the board, had gas down to $1.85 a gallon and was about to hand us world peace on a silver platter until Joe cheated and stole the election and SEVERELY fucked EVERYTHING up in less than a year!!

[Cubus]

Ok, thank you.

[Apulu_Imback]

It's because it takes time to enter in politics now by feeding money to people. This is the reason why Prime Ministers and Presidents are usually old people. Previously there were young ones maybe because they had connections with someone who was already in politics or politics was rather cleaner that time compared to now.

[Cubus]

In country it's common for presidents to be close to 50. In last elections both candidates were 49.

[Apulu_Imback]

Yeah, it's more about experience and fame to get selected.

[Cubus]

*in my country

[Apulu_Imback]

It my country also it's the same. Most politicians aren't under 40 years unless they have political connections through family or friends.

[Apulu_Imback]

*in...

[Lucy68]

I guess it has to be with the experience.

[NamerOfStars]

Because for all their griping about Millenials, the younger Boomers aren't worth a damn. Their older cousins hawe been running the show for thirty years, slowly turning the West into a gerontocracy, and nobody's stepped up.

Why do you think a disease as mild as Covid get the fuss it did? Octogenarians are actually vulnerable to it.

[Cubus]

Funny that Americans used to laugh that Soviet Union was gerontocracy for electing Andropov and Chernienko, and now they are the ones in gerontocracy.

[Sixgunsound]

Because they don’t have the necessary financial and political alliances to be allowed to enter consideration for the electoral college to put them in office yet. At least in the United States, the popular vote has nothing whatsoever to do with who gets elected. This has been demonstrated frequently in the last 20 years.

[jshm2]

Because presidents aren't an anime or reality TV show.

To be elected you need to have money, contacts and backers. This is not something you can do overnight on LinkedIn. You need to be at the races for many decades.

It's also why you see so few successful 20's CEO's

[Anonymous]

Bill Clinton was 46 at the time of his inauguration.

George W. Bush was 54 years old.

Barack Obama was 47 years old.

Were you only born yesterday or did you get hit in the head a few times during early adolescence?

[Cubus]

I'm only talking about last years.

[BCRanger10]

Barack Obama was 47. George W. Bush was 56. JFK was 43. Bill Clinton was 46.

[Cubus]

These are the youngest ones (while Bush was quite moderate). After Bush, all candidates, excluding Obama were very old. If you look at his opponents then McCain and Romney were 72 and 66 respectively. After Obama I already said. Why is that so?

[exitseven]

Maybe Desantis will run but not until 2028. I think Trump has the lock on it.

[Cubus]

Trump's gonna be 78 in next elections, looking at Biden I don't think it's a good idea to run at this age.

But yeah, DeSantis would be nice candidate (and young)

[exitseven]

Yes but Trump seems to have all his marbles. I just saw him a couple of weeks ago answering a random question from a reporter. Without any prep or a teleprompter he rattles off 5 or 6 solutions to the problems plaguing America now. And you knew they wouldwork because they worked before.

[NorthwestRider]

Lol DeSantis thinks books should be banned just like how communists and Nazis should be banned

[exitseven]

@NorthwestRider I think commies and Nazis should be banned too.

[NorthwestRider]

In that case, you are anti DeSantis

[exitseven]

@NorthwestRider Desantis is anti commie and anti Nazi. Also anti mandates. Pro freedom.

[NorthwestRider]

But he loves banning books and focuses on the stupid ass cultural wars

[exitseven]

@NorthwestRider he wants to keep books with sexual content out of our public schools. I wholeheartedly agree with that.

[NorthwestRider]

So you are pro banning books just like the communists and Nazis? Keep the books in because I am anti banning books. You would love North Korea you book burner

[exitseven]

@NorthwestRider no just keep it out of the public schools where it really has no place. Our kids need to learn math and not weird sex stuff.

[NorthwestRider]

I am anti banning books because America should be land of the free. Is this freaking North Korea?

[NorthwestRider]

How does banning books from schools fix the healthcare system or fixing up the highways?

[exitseven]

@NorthwestRider the same way having an open southern border does.

[Cubus]

@NorthwestRider Are you pro banning "Mein Kampf"?

[NorthwestRider]

And not learn from history

[Juxtapose]

Children are actively being indoctrinated by SJWs and DeSantis is simply balancing the equation.

[SignedAutographs]

Because it can't handle young people being president for some odd reason. Obama, was the youngest president we ever had, and even he was relatively old. You have to be at least 35 to run

[lofii]

Why do people who don't live in the US feel the need to comment on a country you don't even live in. Worry about yourself

[Anonymous]

It's a two party state. Doesn't really matter who is president as they aren't in control

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t happen often, only John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton were the only ones that were in their 40s, I guess old guys are bored and want to make a name for them selves

[OddBeMe]

Not sure…I think we like “brand names”.