![[OC] US Presidential Elections by Facial Hair](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/4yhg08uxfk4f1-1536x648.png "[OC] US Presidential Elections by Facial Hair")
An excerpt from my video, Using Science to Win the White House, where I break down all 60 U.S. presidential elections to uncover what separates the winners from the losers. I analyzed key factors like war, the economy, and voter turnout—and, for a bit of fun, I also looked at facial hair.
A summary of the facial hair analysis is shown below:
Out of all 60 US presidential elections:
- 45 elections – Both candidates clean-shaven
- 15 elections – At least one candidate had facial hair
- 8 elections – Both candidates had facial hair
- 7 elections – One clean-shaven, one had facial hair
- 5 elections – cleanshaven wins
- 2 elections – facial hair wins
Source is linked here.
Tools: Python and Canva
Posted by NotLaurenceFishburne
5 Comments
Seems to correlate closely with the overall popularity of facial hair among US men, which peaked at a vast majority around 1870-1900. Wonder if there’s causation in one direction or another.
That’s a very confusing way to represent this
JD vance had a beard as of election night. Why don’t we see a half bubble for 2024?
Dewey had a mustache – last one with an actual beard was Charles Evans in 1916.
Would a post-menopausal female candidate who waxes her lip be counted as clean shaven?