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On Wikipedia, it says that "Social scientists have researched the effect of facial hair on the electability of presidential candidates, and currently consider facial hair to have a negative effect on candidates." One of the journal articles cited theorizes that women gaining the right to vote may have played a role because they perceive men with facial hair as more prone to violence. Another thing mentioned in the Wikipedia article is that facial hair fell out of favor due to health concerns over facial hair spreading infectious diseases around 1900. I would assume that the primary reason is just social science research tho. People probably have a subconscious bias.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_with_facial_hair
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