A reality based independent journal of observation & analysis, serving the Flathead Valley & Montana since 2006. © James Conner.
Three of the last five Democratic Presidents were under 50 when elected: John F. Kennedy, 43; Bill Clinton, 46; Barack Obama, 47. Jimmy Carter was 52. Lyndon Johnson was 56 when elected in 1964. Now the youngest major Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, is 68, and her only credible challenger, Bernie Sanders, the favorite of younger Democrats, is 74.