Actually, she amended, perhaps just Bernie himself. [Sign up for our politics newsletter and join our conversation about the 2020 campaign.] The contenders leading in initial polls, Mr. Sanders and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., will be 79 and 78 by Inauguration Day 2021. If history is a guide, Mr. O’Rourke and other Democrats betting on a youthful appeal — like Cory Booker, 49; Julián Castro, 44; or Pete Buttigieg and Tulsi Gabbard, both 37 — should have an advantage. The roster of Democratic losers in modern times is littered with nominees who were neither young nor new to the political scene.

Source: New York Times March 16, 2019 09:01 UTC