… Could 2016 see a record-breaking age gap between two major-party nominees? In all likelihood, no, despite the fact that, should she go on to win it all, Clinton would be the second-oldest victor in U.S. history (she would be about nine months younger than Ronald Reagan was in 1980). The 2008 cycle featured the largest raw age gap: President Obama was 47 years old and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was 72 years old, a 25-year difference (almost exactly 25 full years as both were born in August). That quarter-century record span will stand if Clinton is the Democratic nominee, as Cruz, Jindal, and Rubio are only 23 years younger than her. CONT.
Geoffrey Skelley, Sabato’s Crystal Ball