Is Biden really the safe bet? History shows Democrats win with youth and charisma

[mystery-ak]

Is Biden really the safe bet? History shows Democrats win with youth and charisma
by Emily Larsen
 | June 05, 2019 12:00 AM

Many Democratic primary voters consider 76-year-old former Vice President Joe Biden the most likely candidate to beat President Trump. But history shows that Democrats win presidential elections with younger, charismatic, "hope-and-change" nominees like John F. Kennedy or Barack Obama, not older, experienced ones like Hillary Clinton and John Kerry.

In three of the last seven presidential elections, Democrats won against Republican candidates more than 20 years their senior.

Bill Clinton was 46 in 1992 when he beat President George H.W. Bush, then 68. In 1996, Clinton won reelection at 50 against GOP nominee Bob Dole, then 73. At 47, President Barack Obama beat Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who was 72 during the 2008 election.

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[jmyrlefuller]

Young and charismatic only works well against old and stodgy (Clinton vs. Bush/Dole, Obama vs. McCain). Trump is old, but not stodgy. That's how he beat old and stodgy Hillary Clinton.

I'm not sure Biden's all that stodgy either. Plus, there isn't much on the young and charismatic side for them to choose, either. Maybe Cory Booker?