To the extent that Democrats have the emotional energy for anything other than opposing President Trump, you can pick up a sudden interest, even anxiety, about who will be their party’s presidential nominee in 2028. Just as nature abhors a vacuum, politics does, too. But it will be at least a year and a half before someone can emerge above the rest.
There is no question that the next presidential election will feature generational change. During his 2020 campaign, Joe Biden said that he would be a “bridge” to the next generation of Democratic leaders. Well, that bridge has now been burned for all but maybe the very youngest of baby boomers (those born 1946-64).
With the notable exceptions of two children of the '60s (Barack Obama and Kamala Harris) and one born in the 1930s (John McCain), our presidential nominees for more than a quarter century have hailed from the 1940s. Curiously, three were born in consecutive months of 1946: Trump (June 14, 1946), George W. Bush (July 6, 1946), and Bill Clinton (Aug. 19, 1946). Generation X (1965-1980)
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