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CabCurious

(954 posts)
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 09:18 PM Aug 2012

Recent Left-handed Presidents?

Reagan * Left-handed (forced to use right in school)
Bush * Left-handed
Clinton * Left-handed
Bush Jr * Right-handed (probably too stubborn to use his better hand & Gore is left-handed)
Obama * Left-handed

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shraby

(21,946 posts)
2. Considering the percentage of left handed people out of the population as a whole, the number
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 10:23 PM
Aug 2012

of left handed presidents is almost statistically impossible.

I'm left handed also.

CabCurious

(954 posts)
5. I already checked. Righty. So no chance of winning without supreme court help... because
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 10:29 PM
Aug 2012

Righties have a majority on the Court.

SharonAnn

(13,776 posts)
4. And Presidents are often the first-born child in their family.
Wed Aug 22, 2012, 10:27 PM
Aug 2012

And, of course, they've always been male. At least so far.

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