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They say “anyone can become president”, but this will be the first presidential election since 1970s, where there is no Bush, Clinton, or Biden on the ballot. (lemmy.sdf.org)

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

I don't think you're correct.

Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
George W. Bush (2001–2009)
Barack Obama (2009–2017)
Donald Trump (2017–2021)
Joe Biden (2021–present)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nominees:

2024 Kamala Harris Donald Trump
2020 Joe Biden Donald Trump
2016 Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
2012 Barack Obama Mitt Romney
2008 Barack Obama John McCain
2004 George W. Bush John Kerry
2000 George W. Bush Al Gore
1996 Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
1992 Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot
1988 George H. W. Bush Michael Dukakis
1984 Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
1980 Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John B. Anderson
1976 Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
1972 Richard Nixon George McGovern

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Assuming VPs are are included you do have to go back to the 1976 election to find a Bush, Clinton, and Biden free ballot

Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) (George HW was VP )
George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
George W. Bush (2001–2009)
Barack Obama (2009–2017) (Joe was VP)
Donald Trump (2017–2021) (Hillary was on the ballot)
Joe Biden (2021–present)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Obama's running mate was Joe Biden, putting him on the ballot. 2016 had a Clinton on the ballot. Reagan's VP was HW Bush.

The more accurate way to phrase this would be "This is the first election since 1980 to not have a Biden, Bush. or Clinton on the ballot."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Nixon, Ford, Carter were 70's, not after the 70's. Reagan's VP was a Bush, wasn't it? Maybe they're also including the primary ballots to count Clinton in 2008? But I don't think she ran in 2012....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Biden was Obama's VP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah... no clue how I forgot about that. Guess I was specifically thinking about Clinton/Bush because they're the ones who've had multiple in the family on the ballot.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On the ballot, not elected.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

True, although them not being on the ballot would in turn also violate the "anyone can become president"-thing, no?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I think he's including primaries and VP candidates.