GOP nominees since 1976 by age

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Just for comparision, Democratic nominees since 1976 by age (at election day, since some were nominated before their election year birthdays)

1976: Jimmy Carter (52)
1980: Jimmy Carter (56)
1984: Walter Mondale (56)
1988: Michael Dukakis (55)
1992: Bill Clinton (46)
1996: Bill Clinton (50)
2000: Al Gore (52)
2004: John Kerry (60)
2008: Barack Obama (47)

This trend also reverses in 2016.

Democrats:

Hillary Clinton- 69
Andrew Cuomo- 59
Brian Schweitzer- 61
Russ Feingold- 63
John Hickenlooper- 64
Martin O'Malley- 53


Republican

Chris Christie- 54
Mike Pence- 57
Bobby Jindal- 45
Paul Ryan- 46
Scott Walker- 49

I'm standing with my opinion that at least one of the two major nominees in 2016 will be someone we barely heard or consider of at this moment.

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And vice presidental nominees by age

Republicans:

1976: Bob Dole (53)
1980: George H. W. Bush (56)
1984: George H. W. Bush (60)
1988: Dan Quayle (41)
1992: Dan Quayle (45)
1996: Jack Kemp (61)
2000: Dick Cheney (59)
2004: Dick Cheney (63)
2008: Sarah Palin (44)

Democrats:

1976: Walter Mondale (48)
1980: Walter Mondale (52)
1984: Geraldine Ferraro (49)
1988: Lloyd Bentsen (67)
1992: Al Gore (44)
1996: Al Gore (48)
2000: Joe Lieberman (58)
2004: John Edwards (51)
2008: Joe Biden (65)