• @ThatOneKrazyKaptain
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        -14 months ago

        Mostly true. You could argue if Major Primary Contenders should be counted(Top 3 would be unchanged) and Biden is still the older President, Trump would have to win and make it to his 4th and final year to beat that. Reagan issue, people debated the definition back in 2016 too.

        • nocturne
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          24 months ago

          Considering they said nominee, not major party, I think maybe major party nominee should not be counted.

    • @ThatOneKrazyKaptain
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      04 months ago

      The definition of major party was fuzzy back in the civil war reconstruction era

      • @[email protected]
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        14 months ago

        He was nominated by the Greenback party, (third party) running against the Democrat and Republican nominees. He had less than 1% chance to win according to his wiki. I’d say that no matter how fuzzy the definition of major party is, the Greenbacks weren’t that.

        He sounds like he was an intelligent person who was concerned with social justice, especially for the native tribes.

        • @ThatOneKrazyKaptain
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          14 months ago

          Fair enough, but still, saying Trump is the oldest nominee ever, period, is wrong. He’s Number 2(albeit he’d have to last his whole term to beat Biden, similar to his prior age thing with Reagan in 2016) behind Cooper.