A Cheat Sheet To This Year’s Presidential Election
With the 2016 presidential race well under way, it’s important you know about each one of the presidential election. Here’s a cheat sheet to do just that!
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Democratic Candidates
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Born:
October 26, 1947 (68 years)
Hometown:
Chicago, Illinois
Spouse:
Bill Clinton (1975 – Present)
Children:
Chelsea Clinton
Education:
Wellesley College, Yale Law School
Previous Occupations:
Congressional Legal Counsel, First female Senator for state of New York, Secretary of State in the Obama Administration (January 2009 – February 2013)
For:
1. Equal pay for women.
2. Making Public College debt free.
3. Banning certain assault weapons.
Against:
1. Going to war with ISIS.
2. Taxing the middle class.
3. Drilling for oil in the Arctic.
Bernie Sanders
Born:
September 8, 1941 (age 74)
Hometown:
Brooklyn, New York
Spouse:
Deborah Shilling (1964 -1966), Jane O’Meara Sanders (1988 – Present)
Children:
Levi Sanders
Education:
Brooklyn College, University of Chicago
Previous Occupations:
Mayor of Burlington, Senator of Vermont
For:
1. Breaking up big banks.
2. Universal health care.
3. Offering better paths to citizenship.
Against:
1. Tax breaks for the rich.
2. No Child Left Behind Bill.
3. Interest rates on student loans.
Republican Candidates
Ted Cruz
Born:
December 22, 1970 (age 45)
Hometown:
Calgary, Canada
Spouse:
Heidi Nelson Cruz
Children:
Catherine Christiane Cruz, Caroline Camille Cruz
Education:
Princeton University, Harvard Law School
Previous Occupations:
Lawyer, Junior US Senator of Texas
For:
1. Legal Immigration.
2. “Boots on the ground” in Syria.
3. Limited government.
Against:
1. Abortion and same sex marriage.
2. Gun control.
3. Obama Care.
Donald John Trump
Born:
June 14, 1946 (age 69)
Hometown:
Queens, New York
Spouse:
Ivana Zelnickova (1977 – 1991), Marla Maples (1993 – 1999), Melania Knauss Trump (2005 – Present)
Children:
Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump, Barron Trump
Education:
Fordham University, University of Pennsylvania: Wharton School of Business
Previous Occupations:
Owner of several casinos and golf courses, Chairman and President of The Trump Organization, Host of The Apprentice
For:
1. Keeping Muslims from entering the United States temporarily.
2. Cutting education funding.
3. Less government regulation.
Against:
1. Raising the minimum wage.
2. Gun control.
3. Gay marriage.
John Kasich
Born:
May 13, 1952 (age 63)
Hometown:
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Spouse:
Mary Lee Griffith (1975 – 1980)
Karen Waldbillig Kasich (1997 – Present)
Children:
Emma Kasich, Reese Kasich
Education:
Ohio State University
Previous Occupations:
Governor of Ohio, Member of Ohio Senate
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For:
1. Increasing funding to poor school districts.
2. United States ground troops to combat ISIS.
3. US Drone Program.
Against:
1. Regulation of carbon emissions.
2. Obama Care.
3. Abortion.
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