Presidential candidates ages and you

[jon-nyc]

For those of you older than me, when was the first time the major P and VP candidates were younger than you?

This election was the first time any of them were - obviously I'm talking about Vance.

Next time I imagine the GOP candidate for P will be younger than me, just thinking about who the obvious short list is. On the D side it's hard to tell. I'll turn 60 in September 2028 ( damn that felt weird to write) but some potential short list people, Newsom and Rahm Emmanuel, for example, are older. Others (Mayor Pete, just to name someone) would be younger.

[jon-nyc]

Extra credit if you tell the story from when the first person was younger that you until when they all were.

[jon-nyc]

One thing I feel I can say in confidence is that 2028 will be the first year that none of the 4 are older than all the posters here. This year Trump was still older than all of us (though if Vince had lived a bit longer.....)

[George K]

Obama is younger than I.

[jon-nyc]

As is Sarah Palin, no? That was the same election.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Presidential candidates ages and you:

As is Sarah Palin, no?

Yes, I thought you were referring to a ticket.

[jon-nyc]

I was imagining us on our individual journeys from being younger than all to being older than all. It generally would take a few elections to see that happen.

[George K]

Pence is younger,

Harris is younger than I as well. Somehow I suppressed that.

[jon-nyc]

Like in my father's case (b 1930):

1984: Geraldine Ferraro was younger.

1988: Dukakis and Quayle were younger

1992: Clinton, Gore, and Quayle were younger

1996: Clinton, Gore, Kemp were younger

2000: all were younger, same with all subsequent elections

[89th]

I was shocked when I found out Vance was younger than me. I'm 42, he's 40. Felt weird. Same feeling I had when I was watching the Steelers one year and found out that their QB (Big Ben) was younger than me. I think I was 25 and he was 23. It was weird since naturally I grew up always thinking pro athletes were just older than me.

Pete Buttigeig when he ran for President (primary) also shocked me since he's only a few months older than me.

[jon-nyc]

Funny how you and I experience the first younger candidate at the same time, given I’m 14 years older than you.

[jon-nyc]

We seemed to have skipped GenX and went right to millennials.

Though I’ll bet next cycle we’ll have a gen xer or two.