United States Presidental Election, 2016 (BobSmit)

Portrait 	 	
Candidate 	Hillary Clinton	Rick Perry
Party 	Democratic 	Republican
Home State 	New York 	Texas
Running Mate 	Martin O'Malley	Ben Carson
Electoral Vote	373 	165
States Carried	29+DC 	21
Popular Vote 	68,100,000 	53,700,000
﻿﻿Percentage 	54.41% 	42.90%
==Primaries==
===Democratic===
Hillary Clinton (69, New York) Former First Lady 1993-2001, Former Senator (New York) 2001-2009, Former Secretary of State 2009-2013
Joe Biden (74, Deleware) Former Senator (Deleware) 1973-2009, Vice-President 2008-2016
Mark Warner (62, Virginia) Former Governor (Virginia) 2002-2006, Senator (Virginia) 2009-2016
Amy Klobuchar (56, Minnesota) Senator (Minnesota) 2007-2016
The Democratic Primary was a hard fought campaign between Biden and Clinton. Clinton took 23 States, Biden took 22 States, Klobuchar took 4 States and Warner took 1.
Hillary clinton.png|Hillary Clinton
joe_biden.png|Joe Biden
mark_warner.png|Mark Warner
amy_klobuchar.png|Amy Klobuchar
===Republican Primary===
Rick Perry (66, Texas) Former Governor (Texas) 2000-2014
Chris Christie (54, New Jersey) Governor (New Jersey) 2010-2016
Rand Paul (53, Kentucky) Senator (Kentucky) 2011-2016
John Huntsman (60, Utah) Former Governor of Utah 2005-2009, Ambassador to China 2009-2011
Ben Carson (65, Maryland) Surgeon, Activist
Ted Nugent (68, Michigan) Musician, Activist
The Republican primary was highly divisive. Rick Perry represented the traditional conservative faction, Chris Christie the moderate faction, Rand Paul the libertarian faction, and John Huntsman, the liberal faction. Perry captured 26 states, Chris Christie 15 states, Rand Paul seven states, and John Huntsman, two. Perry picked primary challenger Ben Carson as his running mate.
Rick perry.png|Rick Perry
ben_carson.png|Ben Carson
chris_christie.png|Chris Christie
john_huntsman.png|John Huntsman
rand_paul.png|Rand Paul
ted_nugent.png|Ted Nugent
==Results==
Candidate: 	Party 	Home State 	Votes: 	Percent	Electoral Vote	Running Mate 	Home State	Electoral Vote
Hillary Clinton	Democratic 	New York 	68.1 million	54.41% 	373 	Martin O Malley	Maryland 	373
Rick Perry 	Republican 	Texas 	53.7 million	42.90% 	165 	Ben Carson 	Maryland 	165
Gary Johnson 	Libertarian	New Mexico 	1.9 million 	1.51% 	0 	Carl Person 	New York 	
Jill Stein 	Green 	Massachusetts	950,000 	0.75% 	0 	Pat LaMarche 	Maine 	
Others 	Various 	Various 	500,000 	0.39% 	0 	Various 	Various 	
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