UNITED STATES AMERICA

ELECTIONS 2016

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INTRODUCTION

The 2016 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. During this presidential election year, the President of the United States and Vice President will be elected. In addition, elections will be held for all 435 voting-member seats in the United States House of Representatives (as well as all 6 non-voting delegate seats) and 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate. Twelve state governorships, two territorial governorships, and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested.

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FEDERAL ELECTIONS

1.PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

2.CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS The United States presidential election of 2016 will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. The current electoral vote distribution was determined by the 2010 census. Presidential electors who will elect the President and Vice President of the United States will be chosen; a simple majority (270) of the 538 electoral votes are required to win the election. The incumbent president, Democrat Barack Obama, is ineligible to be elected to a third term due to term limits established by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution. There are numerous potential candidates in the Republican Party, Democratic Party, and among third parties. Assuming Barack Obama serves out his full term, the winner of this election will become the 45th President of the United States.

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CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS

1.SENATE ELECTIONS

2.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS

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SENATE ELECTIONS

1. All seats in Senate Class III will be up for election.

2. Additionally, special elections may be held to fill vacancies in the other two Senate Classes.

3. Democrats may be better positioned to make gains in this cycle, due to the number of Republican Senators in Democratic-leaning states.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE ELECTIONS

1. All 435 voting seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election.

2. Additionally, elections will be held to select the Delegate for the District of Columbia as well as the delegates from U.S. territories.

3. This includes the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, who serves a four-year term.

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STATE ELECTIONS

GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONSGUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS

1.Elections will be held for the governorships of twelve of the fifty U.S. states and two U.S. territories.

2.A special election is being held in Oregon after the resignation of John Kitzhaber as Governor.

3.Special elections may be held for vacancies in the other states and territories, if required by respective state/territorial constitutions.

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LOCAL ELECTIONS Mayoral electionsMayoral elections

Mayoral elections will take place in many cities, including:

Baltimore, MD: Incumbent Democrat Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will

not seek re-election.

Honolulu, HI: Incumbent Kirk Caldwell is seeking re-election.

Milwaukee, WI: As per the result of the primary election held on February 16, incumbent Tom Barrett will face Alderman Bob Donovan in the general mayoral election on April 5.

Portland, OR: Incumbent Charlie Hales will not seek re-election.The

office is not partisan.

Sacramento, CA: Incumbent Kevin Johnson will not seek re-election.

The office is not partisan.

San Diego, CA: Incumbent Kevin Faulconer is expected to run for a

second term as mayor. The office is not partisan.

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PROFILES OF CANDIDATES

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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

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CANDIDATES WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE NEXT PRESIDENT OF USA FROM REPUBLICAN PARTY

1.TED CRUZ

2.MARCO RUBIO

3.BEN CARSON

4.JEB BUSH

5.DONALD TRUMP

6.JOHN KASICH

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TED CRUZ PROFILE USA ELECTIONS 2016

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TED CRUZ PROFILE

Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is the junior United States Senator from Texas. Elected in 2012, he is the first Cuban American or Latino to hold the office of US Senator from Texas. Cruz is a member of the Republican Party. He served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to May 2008, after being appointed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. Between 1999 and 2003, Cruz served as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, and as Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign. Cruz was also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation, from 2004 to 2009.

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TED CRUZ PROFILE

Cruz was the Republican nominee for the Senate seat vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.

On July 31, 2012, he defeated Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff, 57–43. Cruz defeated the Democrat, former state Representative Paul Sadler, in the general election held on November 6, 2012; he prevailed with 56–41 over Sadler.

Cruz openly identifies with the Tea Party movement, and has been endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus.

On November 14, 2012, Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the committee that seeks to elect more Republicans to the Senate.

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TED CRUZ PROFILE

He was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General of Texas, and the longest-serving Solicitor General in Texas’ history. Cruz is one of three Latinos in the Senate; the others — also Americans of Cuban ancestry — are fellow Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

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MARCO RUBIO PROFILE

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MARCO RUBIO PROFILE

Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is the junior United States Senator from Florida, serving since January 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (2007–2009).

A Cuban American native of Miami, Florida, Rubio is a graduate of the University of Florida and the University of Miami Law School. In the late 1990s, he served as a City Commissioner for West Miami and was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2000, representing the 111th House district. He was elected Speaker in November 2006.

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MARCO RUBIO PROFILE

Rubio announced a run for U.S. Senate in May 2009 after incumbent Republican Mel Martinez resigned. Initially trailing by double-digits against the incumbent Republican Governor Charlie Crist, Rubio eventually surpassed him in polling for the Republican nomination. Rubio won the Republican nomination after Crist opted instead to run with no party affiliation. In a three-way split against Crist and Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek, Rubio won the general election in November 2010 with 48.9 percent of the vote. He is one of three Latinos in the Senate.

In June 2012 it was reported that the Republican Presidential candidate of that year, Mitt Romney, was vetting Rubio as a possible running mate, but Romney ultimately selected Paul Ryan.

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BEN CARSON PROFILE

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BEN CARSON PROFILE

Benjamin Solomon “Ben” Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American author and retired neurosurgeon. He is credited with being the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head. In 2008 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.

After delivering a widely publicized speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast, he became a popular conservative figure in political media for his views on social and political issues, spurring talk of his becoming a Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential election

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JEB BUSH PROFILE USA ELECTIONS 2016

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JEB BUSH PROFILE

John Ellis “Jeb” Bush (born February 11, 1953) served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is the second son of former President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, and is the younger brother of former President George W. Bush. Jeb Bush is the only Republican to serve two full four-year terms as Governor of Florida.

Bush grew up in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Texas, where he earned a degree in Latin American affairs. Following his father’s successful run for Vice President in 1980, he moved to Florida. In 1986, Bush was named Florida’s Secretary of Commerce, a position he held until resigning in 1988 to help his father’s successful campaign for the Presidency.

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JEB BUSH PROFILE

In 1994, Bush made his first run for office, narrowly losing the election for governor by less than two percentage points to the incumbent Lawton Chiles. Bush ran again in 1998 and beat Lieutenant Governor Buddy MacKay with 55 percent of the vote. He ran for reelection in 2002, and won with 56 percent, to become Florida’s first two-term Republican Governor. During his eight years as governor, Bush was credited with initiating improvements in the environment, as well as reforming the education system. He was also responsible for ending the Florida high speed rail initiative.

Bush is frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for president in 2016.

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DONALD TRUMP PROFILE

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DONALD TRUMP PROFILE

Donald John Trump Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is an American business magnate, investor, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump’s extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner, and role on the NBC reality show. The Apprentice have made him a well-known celebrity who was No. 17 on the 2011 Forbes Celebrity 100 list.

Trump is the son of Fred Trump, a wealthy New York City real-estate developer. He worked for his father’s firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son, while attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1968 officially joined the company. He was given control of the company in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization.

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DONALD TRUMP PROFILE

In 2010, Trump expressed an interest in becoming a candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election, though in May 2011, he announced he would not run.

Trump was a featured speaker at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). In 2013, Trump spent over $1 million to research a possible run for President of the United States in 2016.

Trump is expected to make a formal announcement on whether he will run for President of the United States on June 16, 2015.

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JHON KASIAC PROFILE

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JHON KASICH PROFILE

John Richard Kasich (born May 13, 1952) is the 69th Governor of Ohio, in office since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio’s 12th congressional district from 1983 to 2001. He was a commentator on Fox News Channel, hosting Heartland with John Kasich (2001-2007); he also worked as an investment banker, as managing director of Lehman Brothers’s Columbus, Ohio office (until the firm collapsed in 2008).

In the 2010 Ohio gubernatorial election, Kasich defeated Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland, receiving 49% of the vote to his opponent’s 47%.

In the 2014 Ohio Gubernatorial Elections, Kasich defeated Cuyahoga county official Ed FitzGerald (Democrat) by a landslide with Kasich winning 64% of the vote and FitzGerald winning only 33%; Green Party candidate Anita Rios won the other 3%.

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DEMOCRATS CANDIDATES

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CANDIDATES WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE NEXT PRESIDENT OF USA FROM DEMOCRATIC PARTY

1.HILLARY CLINTON

2.BERNIE SANDERS

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HILLARY CLINTON PROFILE

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HILLARY CLINTON PROFILE Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is a former United States Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady of the United States. From 2009 to 2013, she was the 67th Secretary of State, serving under President Barack Obama. She previously represented New York in the U.S. Senate (2001 to 2009). Before that, as the wife of President Bill Clinton, she was First Lady from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election, Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

In 1994, as First Lady of the United States, her major initiative, the Clinton health care plan, failed to gain approval from the U.S. Congress. However, in 1997 and 1999, Clinton played a leading role in advocating the creation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act. Her years as First Lady drew a polarized response from the American public.

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HILLARY CLINTON PROFILE The only First Lady to have been subpoenaed, she testified before a federal grand jury in 1996 regarding the Whitewater controversy, but was never charged with wrongdoing in this or several other investigations during the Clinton presidency. Her marriage endured the Lewinsky scandal in 1998.

After moving to the state, Clinton was elected the first female Senator from New York; she is the only First Lady ever to have run for public office. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, she supported military action in Afghanistan and the Iraq War Resolution, but subsequently objected to the George W. Bush administration’s conduct of the war in Iraq and continued to oppose most of its domestic policies. Clinton was reelected to the Senate in 2006. Running in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, Hillary Clinton won far more primaries and delegates than any other female candidate in American history, but narrowly lost the nomination to Senator Barack Obama, who went on to win the national election.

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HILLARY CLINTON PROFILE Obama nominated Clinton to be Secretary of State and she was confirmed by the Senate in January 2009. She was at the forefront of the U.S. response to the Arab Spring, including advocating for the U.S. military intervention in Libya. As Secretary of State, she took responsibility for security lapses related to the 2012 Benghazi attack, which resulted in the deaths of American consulate personnel, but defended her personal actions in regard to the matter. Clinton visited more countries than any other Secretary of State. She viewed “smart power” as the strategy for asserting U.S. leadership and values, by combining military power with diplomacy and American capabilities in economics, technology, and other areas.She encouraged empowerment of women everywhere and used social media to communicate the U.S. message abroad.

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BERNIE SANDERS PROFILE

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BERNIE SANDERS PROFILE Bernie Sanders 2016 Profile Bernard “Bernie” Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Vermont. Before serving in the Senate, he represented Vermont’s at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives and served as mayor of Burlington, the largest city in Vermont. Sanders is a self-described democratic socialist, and has praised Scandinavian-style social democracy.Sanders runs for office as an independent but caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for purposes of committee assignments. He was the only independent member of the House during most of his service and is the longest-serving independent in U.S. Congressional history.

In an interview with The Nation on March 6, 2014, Sanders stated that he is “prepared to run for President of the United States” in 2016.

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FUTURE PRESIDENTS AND VEIWS ON THEIR

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PRESIDECY OF MOST LIKEY FUTURE PRESIDENTS OF USA

1. DONALD TRUMP

2. TED CRUZ

3. MARCO RUBIO

4. HILARY CLINTON

5. BERNIE SANDERS

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DONALD TRUMP If Donald Trump were to win in November, he would be the first man to take the White House without having previously held public office or served at a high level in the military. Because his election would be without precedent, it's difficult to predict what a Trump administration would look like.

Mr Trump has generated political shockwaves with his at-times bellicose campaign style and controversial proposals on US border security and a temporary halt on the entry of all Muslims into the US, but he's started offering a more measured, conciliatory tone.

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TOP PRIORITIES OF DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

1.Halting illegal immigration.

2.Improving border security.

3.Policing trade with China.

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TED CRUZ

Republican Party veterans are concerned about a Trump administration because he's a political unknown. They are worried about a Cruz administration, on the other hand, because they think they know exactly what he is - a true-believer who places ideology over party fealty. He would easily be the most conservative president elected in the modern era. Mr Cruz has made countless enemies with his fellow Republican politicians, who are unlikely to get plum spots in his administration. Instead, he could look to the activist base and right-wing think tanks to fill out his executive team.

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TED CRUZ

Unlike Mr Trump, Mr Cruz hasn't floated many names of possible high-ranking administration officials. He's mentioned Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, a former federal prosecutor, as homeland security secretary and said he'd be interested in offering Mr Rubio, a presidential rival, a cabinet position.

He may have fewer top cabinet spots to fill, however, as he's pledged to do away with the departments of energy, commerce, education, and housing and urban development. He's also said he wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service by switching to a flat income tax.

Before their falling out, Mr Cruz also suggested Mr Trump could help him with trade negotiations and be put in charge of constructing a wall on the US-Mexican border

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TOP PRIORITIES OF TED CRUZ ADMINISTRATION

1.Instituting a 10% flat tax.

2."tearing up" Iran nuclear deal.

3.rolling back Obama administration's healthcare reform.

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MARCO RUBIO

Mr Rubio has talked about how he presents a "generational choice" for voters seeking a new style of politics and fresh ideas. A Rubio White House, however, would likely be populated by many familiar faces from previous Republican governments. After six years as a US senator, Mr Rubio has strong ties to the party establishment.

Mr Rubio's campaign staff is full of veterans of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign and others in the Republican Party hierarchy. Many of his advisers, particularly on foreign policy, are old Republican hands like author Robert Kagan and throwbacks to the George W Bush administration, including Elliott Abrams and Stephen Hadley.

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MARCO RUBIO

In a November 2015 interview he told the Wall Street Journal's Gerard Baker that he would use his "political capital" as a newly-elected president to "give our nation a clear foreign policy with moral clarity" and do "everything possible to ensure that America fulfils its potential in a 21st Century economy". He went on to mention a laundry list of actions, including reforms to the tax structure, energy policy, government regulations, entitlements and healthcare.

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TOP PRIORITIES OF MARCO RUBIO ADMINISTRATION

1.1. Increased funding for the military, Increased funding for the military,

2.2. Higher education "modernisation",Higher education "modernisation",

3.3. End the Obama administration's End the Obama administration's moves to normalise relations with moves to normalise relations with Cuba.Cuba.

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HILLARY CLINTON

Hillary Clinton served in the most recent Democratic administration and was first lady in the one before that. More than any other candidate in the field, from either party, the former secretary of state is a known entity.

Mrs Clinton said during her campaign kick-off speech in June that her administration would be defined by "four fights" - to make the economy work for "everyday Americans", to ensure US security, to strengthen US communities and to end political "dysfunction".

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HILLARY CLINTON

At the most recent Democratic debate, Mrs Clinton detailed her top three goals for her first 100 days as president.

She mentioned job-creation and infrastructure programmes, raising the minimum wage and "guaranteeing finally equal pay for women's work". She also said that she would expand Mr Obama's healthcare reform, including lowering the costs of prescription drugs.

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TOP PRIORITIES OF HILLARY CLINTON ADMINISTRATION

1. Criminal justice reform.

2. College affordability.

3. Comprehensive immigration reform.

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BERNIE SANDERS

Bernie Sanders has been clear about the kind of people he doesn't want in his White House.

"My cabinet would not be dominated by representatives of Wall Street," he said during a television interview last July. "There are a lot of great public servants out there, great economists who for years have been standing up for the middle class and the working families of this country."

Past Democratic and Republican presidents have frequently turned to New York financial market insiders as economic advisers, including Jack Lew for Mr Obama, Henry Paulson for Mr Bush and Robert Rubin for Mr Clinton.

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BERNIE SANDERS

his first 100 days as president would look like, Mr Sanders said he would push to enact universal healthcare, raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and increase investment in infrastructure.

"What my first days are about is bringing America together to end the decline of the middle class, to tell the wealthiest people in this country that, yes, they are going to start paying taxes and that we are going to have a government that works for all of us and not just big campaign contributors."

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TOP PRIORITIES OF BERNIE SANDERS ADMINISTRATION

1. Raising taxes on the wealthy,

2. breaking up large financial companies,

3. free college education for all Americans.

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POSSIBLE NEXT PRESIDENT OF USA

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SUGGESTED PRESIDENT BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS PRESENTATION SEN. MARCO RUBIO

REASON

1.Positive vision for a new USA.2.He means business which will indeed help USA economy to grow exponentially.

3.Foreign policy in line with GOP thinking4.Fundraising Prospects are good5.He is young and great speaker

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