# Qualified Candidates for 2024 POTUS Race (both parties) under 60 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 5, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029 "2022-05-05T20:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029/101 "2023-05-02T18:12:03Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Jared Polis (Gov. CO) has a greater chance of being the 1st gay president before Buttigieg. I’m out of touch, didn’t even know who that is. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029/102 "2023-05-02T19:23:09Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Who would he be running against? Don Trump Jr.? Josh Hawley? Sarah Huckabee? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029/103 "2023-05-02T20:03:47Z")
See, that’s kind of my point, there, with Sanders: if you’re going to ask whether some folks would hesitate to vote for a gay man, note that he might be running against — gasp! — a woman. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029/104 "2023-05-02T22:24:25Z")
I’m surprised no-one has mentioned New Hampshire governor [Chris Sununu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sununu), who will be under 60 for the next three presidential elections. He’s considering making a run in 2024, but he’s a bit too normal to advance in the primaries. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029/105 "2023-05-02T22:59:27Z")
Yeah, Buttigieg has many fine qualities, but he should at least run for the House or something before going for the Presidency. And if he can’t even win in his House district, then he certainly can’t win the Presidency. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029/106 "2023-05-03T00:32:03Z")
And let’s face it-that last name is gonna be a hurdle. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029/107 "2023-05-03T00:39:27Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > that last name is gonna be a hurdle. You think people will have a problem voting for a gay man with the last name “booty judge?” (In all sincerity, I think Buttigieg would make a fine president; I believe our best presidents have had a great deal of native intelligence, and Pete has that in spades) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029/108 "2023-05-03T21:11:19Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > He’s a hair over on the age threshold (61), but I see Adam Schiff making all the right moves. Except the one about being Jewish. I don’t know if that would fly with even some solidly Democratic voters. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > > [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > > > Maybe this is my inexperience, but I never understand why we don’t see my favorite badass Katie Porter (48) on these lists more often. > > She’s one of my favorites. I’d like to see her get a little more experience in Congress first, but she would have my vote, too. I’d like to see Katie become a Senator first. Newsom won’t put her in to possibly replace Feinstein because he promised a a woman of color for that (or did he specify Black?) but she could get there some day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualified-candidates-for-2024-potus-race-both-parties-under-60/964029.md?page=5)