Bill Clinton, Bush the Second and Obama were good ages to be Pres (if nothing else). But the notable thing is that they are all Boomers and were elected by Boomers. Would the current establishment let someone 47 (like Clinton) be selected? Nope, they will hang onto power as long as they can. There’s something about the Boomer mentality that just won’t let them hand over the reigns to the younger generations.
I don’t think we can even blame this just on boomerism though, the average age for candidates didn’t go up a little, it went up a LOT. Obama finished his final term as President just over 6 years ago, and he is only 62 right now. Trump is 77 and Biden is 80 right now, a year out from election day. That’s not “boomers voting for boomers”. Trump is just barely a boomer at all, and Biden is solidly silent generation.
Bill Clinton, Bush the Second and Obama were good ages to be Pres (if nothing else). But the notable thing is that they are all Boomers and were elected by Boomers. Would the current establishment let someone 47 (like Clinton) be selected? Nope, they will hang onto power as long as they can. There’s something about the Boomer mentality that just won’t let them hand over the reigns to the younger generations.
They spent years ridiculing millennials and still think “millennial” means anyone under 25.
I don’t think we can even blame this just on boomerism though, the average age for candidates didn’t go up a little, it went up a LOT. Obama finished his final term as President just over 6 years ago, and he is only 62 right now. Trump is 77 and Biden is 80 right now, a year out from election day. That’s not “boomers voting for boomers”. Trump is just barely a boomer at all, and Biden is solidly silent generation.