• GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    First and foremost, she isnt eligible to be president until next year. She’s only 34, and won’t be 35 until after the inauguration.

    Whoops, looks like I misread and was off by a year. I don’t think it’s going to matter this time around, but hopefully they keep her in mind for the future.

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      4 months ago

      Per US Constitution, Article 2, Section 1:

      No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

      AOC was born in New York City, NY, USA on 10/13/1989. On 10/13/2024, as in this October 13th, AOC will turn 35 years old. At that point she will be eligible to take the office of the presidency.

      35 would be the youngest age of any president, though. The most recent younger presidents were Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at 47 and 46, respectively. The youngest ever president was Theodore Roosevelt at 42.

      It would be a hard line to cross given that the majority of voters seem to be older, but it would be monumental in my nation’s history.