FDR was the man!  Led this country honorably through two of the most trying periods in our history - WWII and the Great Depression, much of it from a wheelcair, and did it with grace and dignity.

 

 

 

Glad some others share my feeling of Reagan. Cant find too many.

 

 

You misunderstood the comment.  I said I doubted very many American ProgArchives members currently over the age of 30 voted for Reagan as "Best U.S. President".  And in this case - yes, age would be critically important, since we're talking about those of us who lived through Reagan's America and experienced that administration first-hand.

 
From the way you phrased what you said, it didn't sound like that. Sorry, my mistake.

And really, don't be obtuse - anyone who has even run for local dogcatcher will tell you that voters' ages matter very much to politicians.  The reasons are quite simple:  there are far more people aged 30-90+ than there are 18-29; the percentage of older people who vote is much higher than that of young people; older people are more likely to have large amounts of money to donate to candidates; and perhaps most importantly, older people are more likely to be land/home owners, small businessmen, or civic leaders, and therefore are more useful to politicians who want to leverage their local influence.

You misunderstood me. I was saying since when does age matter in regards to the validity of an opinion, not in the regards of obvious demographic information.