What's more important, he said, is Clinton being the first major party female nominee and Trump an unusual party nominee with no prior background in politics. "They are unusual candidates in that regard, but the fact that both happen to come from New York is almost a fluke." Yet both come from the same place in a country that straddles four time zones.How? "New York attracts very aggressive, high quality, high performing individuals," says Sharyn O'Halloran, professor of political economy and international and public affairs at Columbia University. But while Trump would be the oldest elected president at age 70, Theodore was the youngest.Stephen Hess, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institute, says Clinton and Trump's hometown is trifling at best.

Source: Economic Times June 12, 2016 06:22 UTC