# Hee-haw, y'all. The 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 12, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw-yall-the-2020-democratic-presidential-primary/824415 "2018-11-12T17:52:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw-yall-the-2020-democratic-presidential-primary/824415/715 "2019-03-10T03:32:25Z")

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**Amy Klobuchar for President. (She’ll be only 60 in 2021.)**

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> An interesting essay on aging, the brain and the Presidency: [https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2019/03/08/too-old-president-science-says-yes/oMgYxC6waKIIyKWuHciJCJ/story.html](https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2019/03/08/too-old-president-science-says-yes/oMgYxC6waKIIyKWuHciJCJ/story.html)

Thank you, **Elendil’s Heir**. Let me also quote myself:

> [@Why do people like Joe Biden for President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-like-joe-biden-for-president/824254/53):
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> [corrected]  
> Joe Biden would be 78 years old when inaugurated for his first turn.
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> “Eighty is the new seventy”? Fine, but look at the history of 70-year old Presidents:  
> [ul][li] Before Reagan and Trump, Eisenhower was the very first President to ever be in office at age 70. And he was a young 62 when first inaugurated.[/li][li] Before Eisenhower, only five men aged 59 or more were ever elected to a first term of President. (Adams, Jackson, Harrison, Taylor, Buchanan.)[/li][li] When Bush-41 was inaugurated at age 64, he was older than all but three prior first-inaugurees (Harrison, Buchanan, Reagan). Removing the “first” stipulation adds only three names (Jackson, Eisenhower and, by just a few days, Truman).[/li][/ul]
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> **Thus we’re _not_ being asked to believe “Eighty is the new seventy,” _We’re being asked to believe “Eighty is the new sixty.”_**

@ Dopers implicitly arguing that, for Presidents, “Eighty is the new sixty”: — How many of _you_ are eighty? 🙂 (I’m approaching the big seven-oh myself and, although I keep smiling and pounding on the keyboard, it’s increasingly obvious to me that I’m not sixty anymore. :o )

Two of my own recommendations — Hickenlooper, Inslee — will be in their very late 60’s if/when inaugurated and I’m not too happy about that. But Bernie Sanders? Who’d be 79 when inaugurated? It is understandable that many voters would look at that age as a deal-breaker. _Supporting BS is doing the Kremlin’s work._

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