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To: TraderGreg who wrote (1827)	8/18/1998 1:13:00 PM
From: Mark Z	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2229

Someone born today would be eligible to run for President in 2036. I.e. they'd only be 34 in January, 2033 so they'd be ineligible to run in 2032. Assume a 35 year old wins all elections from 2036 forward. That means there are 9 elections (2000/4/8/12/16/20/24/28/32) between now and then where the candidate is living today. If the winners in 2000/8/16/24 are all reelected, that'd be a minimum of 5 people to win those 4 elections plus the one in 2032. One would intuitively think that with life spans increasing, the answer regarding 'most men alive' would have occurred in the 20th century. BWDIK...