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> Good luck becoming president in this century without attending one. Bill Clinton made it last century, and Hillary almost made it this century. I don't think
by anonymouskimmer 3y ago
> Good luck becoming president in this century without attending one.
Bill Clinton made it last century, and Hillary almost made it this century. I don't think the odds are that stacked against public school attendees even now.
- wharvle 3y agoIt’s mostly a recent problem, oddly enough. Only one of the last nine big-two party candidates didn’t go to prep school (Hilary, as you mention). Typically more than half the primary candidates “prepped”, over the same period. Most VPs have, too, though it’s been less totally-captured than the big chair (and you’ve got edge cases like Harris who didn’t technically “prep” but had a pretty similar situation) Seems like damn well-stacked odds, considering fancy prep school kids are a small minority of all kids. But maybe this is just a multi-decade weird run of strange fortune, and not a persistent trend.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoI'm sure there are social factors both driving prep school graduates to run, and helping them stand out from the crowd. Outside of just family money. I do wonder if "prep" schools are recruiting more of the socially outstanding non-rich students than in previous years. Even so this can only have so much of an effect, as non-prep schools will always have valedictorians and social organizers regardless of who's pulled out beforehand.