Predict the next 5 Presidents of the United States

[Skill and Chance]

It still kind of blows my mind that Biden became a US Senator as far back as 1973.  So if you were doing this exercise during Nixon's second term, you'd be able to say that nine presidents later, we'll have a president who's already in the US Senate.

The 48-year gap between Biden's first election to the Senate and his inauguration as president would be analogous to someone being elected president in 1968 who had entered Congress on the heels of World War One.

Who among us ever thought the Silent generation would ever get a president this late?

If Jon Ossoff won the presidency in 2064, he would be younger than Biden at his inauguration!

[Skill and Chance]

I feel like we will go back to 8 year dem, 8 year rep, 8 year dem, etc

As we learned this year, it’s very difficult to take down an incumbent, so barring another Trump level disaster, we should (hopefully) go back to the boring politics of 1992-2016

Funny, I actually think it's the opposite.

Politics is more fraught these days. I think we're going to see quite a few one-term presidents in the next 20 years.

Maybe not as many as in the 1800s between Jackson and Lincoln (24 years of one-termers or Presidents who didn't finish their term!) but it will be chaotic.

So much of that was health-related with the limits of 19th century medicine, though.  Imagine COVID was 10X deadlier, 10X more likely to cause permanent disability, and practically untreatable for a generation.  That's what you were facing if you traveled around the country doing social events in the mid 19th century, particularly in the South. 

[Skill and Chance]

47. Donald Trump (R-NV) 2025-2029

Trump defeats Vice President Kamala Harris 281-257 flipping Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania

48. Stacey Abrams (D-GA) 2029-2033

Abrams defeats Vice President Ron DeSantis 290-248 flipping back Nevada, Arizona, plus being the first Democrat to carry North Carolina since Barack Obama in 2008

49. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) 2033-2037

DeSantis unseats President Abrams 287-251 flipping back Nevada, North Carolina, and Michigan

50. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) 2037-2045

Ossoff unseats Presisdent DeSantis 316-222 flipping Texas, Nevada, and North Carolina. In 2040, he flips back Michigan and Florida winning 363-175.

51. Josh Hawley (R-MO) 2045-2053

DeSantis' former VP makes a comeback defeating Jamaal Bowman 270-268 flipping back Nevada, Arizona (which took a month to call), Florida, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan, and Minnesota. He wins again in 2048 with 276 electoral votes flipping NE-02 and New Mexico

So he changed his official residency to the Trump resort in Vegas to accommodate DeSantis and get around the same state rule?

Also, this really looks like Republicans still haven't won the PV since 2004?