Interesting Article About Past Presidents and Their Personalities

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Disagreeableness is a trait that is key in leadership surprisingly. It is a trait that makes you authoritative, it makes you more likely to rebel against established norms. Consistent research showcases that majority of people who make it to the top of competitive environments score high on disagreeableness. Now obviously this trait needs to be balanced with agreeableness as too much disagreeableness will turn you into a criminal, but that is obvious and besides the point. Another key feature they mention is also how open to experience the Presidents are. If you are an introvert, being President is probably not the job for you.

https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2000/08/presidents

To run for office as Present of the United States: 

Be a natural-born citizen of the United States.

Be at least 35 years old.

Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.

Now this is the official requirements....let's talk about the unofficial requirements.

If you are a woman you are less likely to win. Woman like to blame men as the ones holding the U.S. back from having its first Female President but this is not the case. Women outnumber men both in population, voter registration, and voter turnout/actually voting. 

Source: https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/voters/gender-differences-voter-turnout

So the only one that is stopping America from having a Female President...is women.

You are less likely to win if you are unmarried. James Buchanan was the 15th President of the United States and served from 1857-1861. He was the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor.  Buchanan's niece, Harriet Lane, acted as hostess for him. Lane was orphaned at the age of eleven and Buchanan was her guardian. 

If you are shorter than 5'9 you are less likely to win.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heights_of_presidents_and_presidential_candidates_of_the_United_States#:~:text=The tallest U.S. president was,examination summary from February 2023.

If you are not rich you are less likely to win.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_net_worth

If you are not white you are less likely to win.

This is self-explanatory outside of Barack Obama all prior Presidents identified as white.

If you have not gone to college less likely to win.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_education

If you have prior criminal convictions you are less likely to win. You can run for the President as a felon but there has not been a President who was elected as a former convicted felon. 

Donald Trump was sued for fraud while running for office but it was in civil court and he settled for 25 million while running for office. 

There may be other unofficial requirements which is just things Americans consider unconsciously and consciously when they go to the voter booth. Other than that....anyone that fits the 3 requirements of being a natural born citizen, 35 years old, and lived in America for 14 years can run for the Office of the President of the United States of America.

 

Edited October 25, 2023 by Razard86