2016 U.S. Presidential Election (Mrs. Kennedy)

The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 8 along with gubernatorial, house and senate elections.

The Democratic nominee, US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy from New York and her running mate US Secretary of Urban and Development Julian Castro from Texas defeated the Republican nominee, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his running mate U.S. Senator Ted Cruz from Texas.

In the Democratic primaries, Kennedy defeated Sanders headily, but in the Republican primaries it was a competitive race between many candidates, Jeb Bush and Donald Trump became the forerunners of all the candidates, Bush would of narrowly defeated Trump in the primaries, but Trump wouldn't accept defeated and would create the Nationalist Party.

The issues of this election were foreign policy, healthcare and gun policy.

Kennedy would defeat Bush in the electoral college and the popular vote. Many Republicans blame Trump for splitting the vote, causing a civil war between Conservatives.

Background
Incumbent President Barack Obama, a Democrat who was elected in 2008, and re-elected in 2012, was ineligible to run for re-election due to the 22nd Amendment of the United States constitution.

Democratic Party
Due to President Obama being term-limited, the Democrats such as former Vice President Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden were thinking about running, but both declined because of family issues. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy from New York announced her run in early 2015 and became the forerunner in the primaries, along with Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Kennedy would defeat Sanders headily in the primaries and would become the Democratic nominee, Sanders would endorse Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention in Pennsylvania.

Kennedy would pick U.S. Secretary of Urban and Development Julian Castro as her running mate.

Candidates

 * Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2013-2017)
 * Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator of Vermont (2007-2017)
 * Martin O'Malley, 61st Governor of Maryland (2007-2015)
 * Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor (2009-2016)
 * Lincoln Chafee, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
 * Jim Webb, U.S. Senator of Virginia (2007-2013)