Americans are facing an inevitable question: does age matter in White House politics?
, will be 79 and 78, respectively. Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts progressive also in the race, will be 71.
History would suggest they have a better shot at victory than members of the gerontocracy. The last time Americans elected a Democrat older than 55 to the White House was Harry Truman in 1948. Candidate Beto O'Rourke, 46, drew attention to his own comparative youth, running a five-kilometre race at a brisk clip Saturday in Iowa, while Bernie Sanders, 31 years his senior, slipped in the shower and sustained a gash on his head that required seven stitches.
It could also weigh them down, as they seek to expand support and embrace modern forms of communication like social media.
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