The 2016 Presidential Election

2012 ← → 2020

Candidate Keith B. Warner Party Democratic Alliance National Democratic Union

The United States presidential election of 2016, scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016, will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. Voters will select presidential electors who in turn will elect a new president and vice president through the Electoral College. The term limit established in the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents the incumbent President, Barack Obama, of the Democratic Party, from being elected to a third term.

The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses is taking place between February 1 and June 14, 2016, staggered among the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. This nominating process is also an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of delegates to a political party's nominating convention, who then in turn elect their party's presidential nominee.

Democratic Party presidential primaries

The 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses are taking place in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, as well as among U.S. citizens living all over the world,[1] prior to the 2016 party convention to determine the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States.[2] These primaries and caucuses are staggered between February 1 and June 14. The incumbent president and 2012 nominee, Barack Obama, is ineligible for re-election due to term limits under the Twenty-second Amendment. The candidate who wins the Democratic nomination will go on to represent the Democratic Party in the general election.

Leading candidates

Candidate		Most recent position	Candidacy	Estimated delegate votes		Contests won
				Pledged and Superdelegates	Path to nomination
Keith B. Warner (Nominated)		President of Oasaes (2012–16)		Pledged delegates 320 / 424   (75%)	Total delegate votes towards nomination 427/283 (151%)	7
				Superdelegates 107 / 141   (76%)	Additional delegate votes needed for nomination 0
Scarlett Haines		19th Governor of Cambridge (2012–16)		Pledged delegates 103 / 424   (24%)	Total delegate votes towards nomination 138/283 (49%)	1
				Superdelegates 34 / 141   (24%)	Additional delegate votes needed for nomination 145

Republican Party presidential primaries

The 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries and caucuses are a series of ongoing electoral contests taking place within all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories, occurring between February 1 and June 7. Sanctioned by the Republican Party, these elections are designed to select the 2,472 delegates to send to the Republican National Convention, which will select the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States. They also approve the party platform and vice-presidential nominee. The Republican nominee will challenge other presidential candidates in national elections to succeed President Barack Obama in January 2017 following his two terms in office.

Leading candidates

Candidate		Most recent position	Candidacy	Estimated delegate votes		Contests won
				Pledged and Superdelegates	Path to nomination
Kaitlynn Barton (Nominated)		Representative of Cambridge (2014–present)		Pledged delegates 105 / 252   (42%)	Total delegate votes towards nomination 140/336 (42%)	5
				Superdelegates 35 / 84   (42%)	Additional delegate votes needed for nomination 0
Gregory Morriss		Representative of New Oxford (2014–present)		Pledged delegates 65 / 252   (26%)	Total delegate votes towards nomination 86/336 (26%)	1
				Superdelegates 22 / 84   (26%)	Additional delegate votes needed for nomination 25
Carson Smith III		CEO of CitizenUnited (1985–2013)		Pledged delegates 82 / 252   (33%)	Total delegate votes towards nomination 110/336 (32%)	7
				Superdelegates 27 / 84   (32%)	Additional delegate votes needed for nomination 1

Minority Party Primaries

The Socialist Party

The Constitution Party