# Should it matter if so-and-so is "élite"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-matter-if-so-and-so-is-elite/448339>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 6, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-matter-if-so-and-so-is-elite/448339 "2008-05-06T20:49:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-it-matter-if-so-and-so-is-elite/448339/21 "2008-05-12T03:30:52Z")

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[QUOTE=gaffa]  
When did the idea that the President of the USA had to be a “regular Joe” come about?  
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[1840.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1840)

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