Does the taller candidate always win?

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In his 1982 book Too Small, Too Tall psychologist John Gillis says that in the 21 presidential elections from 1904 to 1984, the taller candidate won 80 percent of the time. What's more, he says, in the whole history of the Republic, only two presidents--Harrison and James Madison (5'4")--were appreciably shorter than the average height in their day.

How could that be true, when Nixon was a little fucking worm?

 

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Tall, Slim & Erect: Nixon

How tall was Richard Nixon?
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Answer
Richard Nixon was 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82m) tall.

Note: He was slightly above average hieght for a US President with the average being 5 ft 10 in (1.78m).


WikiAnswers - How tall was Richard Nixon

 

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In the 19th century, the average man's height was shorter than it is today.

So while Napoleon surely had a Napoleonic complex..

.. it had nothing to do with his being shorter than the average man of his day.

Height is an indicator of overall health and economic well-being, and learning that people were so well-off 1,000 to 1,200 years ago was surprising," he said.

Steckel analyzed height data from thousands of skeletons excavated from burial sites in northern Europe and dating from the ninth to the 19th centuries. Average height declined slightly during the 12th through 16th centuries, and hit an all-time low during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Northern European men had lost an average 2.5 inches of height by the 1700s, a loss that was not fully recovered until the first half of the 20th century.

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In the 19th century, the average man's height was shorter than it is today.

So while Napoleon surely had a Napoleonic complex..

.. it had nothing to do with his being shorter than the average man of his day.



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Isn't the average height for a man today 5'10"?

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