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. 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. 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. 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.

1. UNITED STATES
AMERICA
ELECTIONS
2016
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2. 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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3. FEDERAL ELECTIONS
1.PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
2.CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
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4. 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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5. CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTIONS
1.SENATE ELECTIONS
2.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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
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10. PROFILES OF
CANDIDATES
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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11. REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES
PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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12. 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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13. TED CRUZ PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. MARCO RUBIO
PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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18. 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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19. 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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20. BEN CARSON
PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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21. 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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22. JEB BUSH PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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23. 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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24. 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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25. DONALD TRUMP
PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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26. 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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27. 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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28. JHON KASIAC
PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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29. 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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30. DEMOCRATS
CANDIDATES
PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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31. CANDIDATES WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF USA FROM
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
1.HILLARY CLINTON
2.BERNIE SANDERS
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32. HILLARY CLINTON
PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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33. 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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34. 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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35. 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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36. BERNIE SANDERS
PROFILE
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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37. 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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38. FUTURE PRESIDENTS
AND VEIWS ON THEIR
ADMINSTERATION
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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39. 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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40. 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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41. TOP PRIORITIES OF DONALD
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
1.Halting illegal immigration.
2.Improving border security.
3.Policing trade with China.
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42. 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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43. 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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44. TOP PRIORITIES OF TED
CRUZ ADMINISTRATION
1.Instituting a 10% flat tax.
2."tearing up"Iran nucleardeal.
3.rolling back Obama administration's
healthcare reform.
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45. 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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46. 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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47. TOP PRIORITIES OF MARCO
RUBIO ADMINISTRATION
1.1. Increased funding forthe military,Increased funding forthe military,
2.2. Highereducation "modernisation",Highereducation "modernisation",
3.3. End the Obama administration'sEnd the Obama administration's
moves to normalise relations withmoves to normalise relations with
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48. 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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49. 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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50. TOP PRIORITIES OF HILLARY
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
1. Criminal justice reform.
2. College affordability.
3. Comprehensive immigration reform.
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51. 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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52. 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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53. 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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54. POSSIBLE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF USA
USA
ELECTIONS
2016
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55. 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 thinking
4.Fundraising Prospects are good
5.He is young and great speaker
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