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<big>'''United States Presidential Election, 2016'''<big></big>
The '''United States Presidential election of 2016''' was the 58th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee,
The incumbent President [[Barack Obama]] was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-second Amendment]]. As the campaigns progressed, the candidates ran on how they would continue to cut the falling [[United States federal budget|federal budget deficit]],
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==Background==
President [[Barack Obama]] won [[United States presidential election, 2012|reelection in 2012]], defeating Republican nominee [[Governor of Massachusetts|Massachusetts Governor]] [[Mitt Romney]]; with Democratic pickups in the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] and [[United States Senate|Senate]].
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*[[Chris Christie]], [[Governor of New Jersey]]
*[[Paul Ryan]], U.S. Representative, from [[Wisconsin]]
*[[Jon Huntsman Jr.]], former [[Governor of Utah]], [[United States Ambassador to China|Ambassador to China]]
*[[John Thune]], U.S. Senator, from [[South Dakota]]
*[[Bobby Jindal]], former [[Governor of Louisiana]]
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File:Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey.png|Former [[Governor of New Jersey|Governor]]<br>'''[[Chris Christie]]'''<br>of [[New Jersey]]
File:Paul Ryan by Gage Skidmore.jpg|[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]]<br> '''[[Paul Ryan]]''' of [[Wisconsin]]
File:Ambassador Jon Huntsman.jpg|Former [[Governor of Utah|Governor]] and<br> [[U.S. Ambassador to China|Ambassador]] '''[[Jon Huntsman
File:John Thune CPAC 2011.JPG|[[United States Senate|Senator]] '''[[John Thune]]'''<br>of [[South Dakota]]
File:Bobby Jindal by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|[[Governor of Louisiana|Governor]] '''[[Bobby Jindal]]'''<br> of [[Louisiana]]
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On January 12, 2016, Senator John Thune won a slim victory over Representative Paul Ryan in the [[Iowa caucus]]; with Representative’s [[Michele Bachmann]] and [[Connie Mack IV|Connie Mack]] placing with less than 2% of the vote, both suspended their campaigns the day after the Caucus. Former Virginia Governor [[Bob McDonnell]], who had as series of gaffe’s on abortion and his vaginal probe law that he supported during his term as Governor, also conceded from the race before the New Hampshire primary.
Influential New Hampshire Republican Senator [[Kelly Ayotte]] campaigned with Christie the week before New Hampshire primary; helping Christie win a decisive victory with 39% of the vote over his closest opponent [[Jon Huntsman
After Christie’s New Hampshire victory, he tied with Ryan, Thune, and former Louisiana Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] in multiple national polls before the [[South Carolina primary]]. South Carolina Governor [[Nikki Haley]] and Senator [[Tim Scott]] endorsed Jindal for President, giving him a slight edge of the other candidates, with South Carolina's Senior Senator [[Lindsay Graham]] and former candidate Meg Whitman endorsed Chris Christie the same day. Jindal saw criticism from the left for saying in a debate that Teacher-lead Christian prayer should be brought back in public schools, the move saw the new support for Jindal on the right from the organizations [[Focus on the Family]], the [[Family Research Council]] and received new financial support from former Arkansas Governor [[Mike Huckabee]]’s [[HuckPAC]]. Jindal eventually won the South Carolina primary, with Governor Mike Pence dropping out to focus on his [[United States gubernatorial elections, 2016|2016 gubernatorial election]].
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===Super Tuesday===
With Thune and Jindal struggling to raise money, it was originally indicated that they would drop out of the election before Super Tuesday. But in the beginning of March, Thune receive a series of payments totaling $8 Million from Oklahoma Billionaire [[Harold Hamm]], with Jindal receiving $2 Million in disbursements from pro-life and former tea party groups. Concerns that the republican candidates lacked Foreign Policy experience (besides Jon Huntsman who was seen as being in last place), played a toll with voters, with a new round of NATO bombings on suspected nuclear sites in Iran. One week before Super Tuesday, Senator and former Presidential Candidate [[John McCain]], former Secretary of State [[James Baker]] and former Secretary of Defense [[Bob Gates]] all endorsed Christie at an event in [[Leesburg, Virginia]]. Former later Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] endorsed Ryan at a rally in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. On March 15, 2016, Ryan won [[
===Later primaries===
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File:Andrew Cuomo by Pat Arnow cropped.jpeg|[[New York Governor|Governor]] '''[[Andrew Cuomo]]'''<br> of [[New York]]
File:Kay Hagan official photo.jpg|Senator '''[[Kay Hagan]]'''<br> of [[North Carolina]]
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Cuomo’s policies as Governor of New York on Agricultural and Environmental issues during one of the worst droughts in global history, helped him to key victories in Kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, but lost Alabama to Hagan. O’Malley won victories for his anti-war efforts in Wisconsin, the District of Columbia and his home state of Maryland. On April 6, Hagan announced that she was suspending her campaign, due to a drop in the polls in Indiana and her home state of North Carolina, where her strong lead started to decline since her upsetting performance on Super Tuesday.
The hard fought April 26 East Coast primaries were seen as a potential motivation changer for whoever came out the clear winner. Pennsylvania Governor [[Luke Ravenstahl]] and Connecticut Governor [[Dan Malloy]] went on a 4 day 18 city tour for the O’Malley campaign, speaking to first time voters and Latino voters who influenced the election in O’Malley’s favor on Super Tuesday. They received opposition from Vice President Joe Biden and Senator’s [[Bob Casey
After the O’Malley victories, he picked up the highest noted endorsement of the campaign, from President [[Bill Clinton]] and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. They campaigned for O’Malley in Arkansas, Indiana and Texas, where O’Malley later won, along with Kentucky, Oregon and West Virginia. O’Malley only lost North Carolina and Nebraska to Cuomo in the month of May. With a commanding lead over Cuomo in California it was seen that O’Malley had enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
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====Americans Elect====
'''[[Jon Huntsman
[[File:Jon Huntsman by Gage Skidmore.jpg|110px|thumb|Jon Huntsman]]
After Americans Elect failed to put a candidate on the ballot in 2012, they formed a new Board of Directors and focused on Senate, Congressional and State House races in the 2014 midterm election (winning 1 senate, 6 congressional and 17 state house races). They put forth a National Platform, including overturning the Supreme Court's ''[[Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission|Citizens United]]'' decision and publicly financing elections, amending the constitution to include a [[Balanced budget amendment|balanced budget amendment]], balancing the federal budget by making cuts to entitlement programs, raising the [[Capital gains tax in the United States|capital gains tax]] to 35%, lower the [[Corporate tax in the United States|corporate tax]] to 25% while eliminating tax loopholes, a 2.5% across the cut in [[Discretionary spending|discretionary spending]]. On social issues they take libertarian positions on [[Civil liberties in the United States|civil liberties]], Immigrant and LGBT rights. Though position vary within the party on Abortion, Gun control laws, Energy and Environmental policy.
The first ever online primary was held on May 10, 2016, former Governor and Ambassador [[Jon Huntsman Jr.]] won the primary; defeating former Montana Governor [[Brian Schweitzer]], former Louisiana Governor [[Buddy Roemer]], Kansas Congresswoman and former FDIC Chair [[Sheila Bair]], [[Kansas City, Missouri]] Mayor [[Sly James]] and former Minnesota Congressman [[Tim Penny]]. They voted for Schweitzer for [[Vice President]].
====Libertarian Party====
'''[[Peter Schiff]]''', Chief Executive Officer of Euro Pacific Capital Inc from [[Connecticut]]; Vice Presidential nominee: '''[[Richard Tisei]]''', former [[Massachusetts Senate|State Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]].
[[File:Peter Schiff by Gage Skidmore.jpg|110px|thumb|Peter Schiff]]
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====Green Party====
[[File:Cornel West 2008.jpg|right|110px|thumb|Dr. Cornel West]]
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Dr. West received 176 of the 289 ballots needed, with Honkala receiving 65, McLaughlin receiving 40.5 and Straw and Ambs receiving 7.5 ballots.
[[File:Russell Pearce by Gage Skidmore.jpg|110px|thumb|Russell Pearce]]
====Constitution Party====
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*June 22-24, 2016: 2016 Green Party National Convention, held in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]; [[Dr. Cornel West]] won the nomination.
*August 22, 2016: 2016 American Elect Convention, held in [[Denver, Colorado]]; [[Jon Huntsman
*August 29-31, 2016: 2016 Republican National Convention, held in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]; [[Chris Christie]] won the nomination.
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====Americans Election National Convention====
The Americans Elect National Convention was held on August 22, 2016 at the [[Pepsi Center]], in [[Denver, Colorado]]. It was the only national third party convention to be televised on any major news network, and was streamed by over 1.2 Million people online. Former [[Reform Party (United States)|Reform Party]] Presidential Candidate [[Ross Perot]], officially nominated former Utah Governor [[Jon Huntsman Jr.]], for President; and former Montana Governor [[Brian Schweitzer]], for Vice President.
Notable speakers at the Americans Elect Convention include: Former third party Presidential candidates [[Ross Perot]], [[Ralph Nader]] and [[Gary Johnson]], Former Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]], and former [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|United Nations Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]].
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*[[Colin Powell]], former Secretary of State.
*[[Rob Portman]], Ohio Senator; and [[Jeff Merkley]], Oregon Senator.
*[[Joseph P. Kennedy III]], U.S. Congressman; and Jeb Bush
[[File:Kofi Annan at World Economic Forum on Africa 2007.jpg|160px|right|thumb|Kofi Annan]]
*[[Jesse Ventura]], former Minnesota Governor.
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[[File:RossPerotColor.jpg|110px|right|thumb|Ross Perot]]
*[[Brian Schweitzer]], 2016 Americans Elect Presidential Candidate and former Montana Governor.
*[[Jon Huntsman
*[[Ross Perot]], 1992 and 1994 Reform Party Presidential Candidate and businessman.
*[[Jon Huntsman Jr.]], 2016 Americans Elect Presidential Candidate and former Utah Governor.
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====Monday, August 29th====
*[[Kris Kobach]], Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
*Joyce C. Haas, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party.
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*[[Brian Krolicki]], U.S. Senate Candidate from Nevada and Lieutenant Governor of Nevada.
*[[Shelley Moore Capito]], U.S. Senator from West Virginia.
*[[
*Lily Fu Claffee, Executive Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
*[[Deb Fischer]], U.S. Senator from Nebraska.
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====Tuesday, August 30th====
[[File:Bobby Jindal by Gage Skidmore.jpg|110px|thumb|Bobby Jindal]]
*[[
*[[Andrea LaFontaine]], Candidate for Michigan's 9th congressional district and Member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
*[[Lynn Westmoreland]], U.S. Representative from Georgia.
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*Veterans from the [[Iraq War|Iraq]] and [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan War]]
*[[Marlin Stutzman]], U.S. Senate Candidate from Indiana and U.S. Representative from Indiana.
*[[Curt Schilling]] and [[Cal Ripken
*[[Michael Patrick Carroll]], Minority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly.
[[File:Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|110px|thumb|Ted Cruz]]
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*[[Rahm Emanuel]], Mayor of Chicago, Illinois.
*[[Ron Kind]], U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
*[[Donald Payne
*[[Sherrod Brown]], U.S. Senator from Ohio.
*[[Barbara L. McQuade]], Candidate Michigan's 10th congressional district and former U.S. Attorney for Eastern Michigan.
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*[[John Hickenlooper]], Governor of Colorado.
*[[Steve Bullock]], Governor of Montana.
*[[Tammy Baldwin]], U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.
*[[Maggie Hassan]], Governor of New Hampshire.
*[[Tulsi Gabbard]], U.S. Representative from Hawaii.
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