United States Presidential Election 2016 (LLB'sWorld)

The 2016 U.S. presidential election resulted in former Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R-UT) winning in a three-way race against Democratic nominee Kathleen Sebelius and Conservative Party candidate Michele Bachmann. This election saw the formation of the Conservative Party, a brief major party that died out within a decade. Although many political pundits predicted that the Conservative Party would split the Republican vote, Huntsman managed to use his moderate views and opposition to partisanship to win over centrists and independents, as well as many Democrats and Republicans. Sebelius was defeated due to her support of the Obama administration, which was criticized for its inability to compromise with the Republicans. Bachmann represented the dying Tea Party movement, which was steadily becoming dominated by the more centrist and establishment factions of the Republican Party.
==Republican Primaries==
Jon-huntsman-jr-1.jpg|Jon Huntsman Jr. Ambassador and Governor of Utah
Bachmann.jpg|Michele Bachmann, Representative from Minnesota
Rubio.jpg|Marco Rubio, Senator from Florida
Rand Paul official portrait with flag edit.jpg|Rand Paul, Senator from Kentucky
Barbour.jpg|Haley Barbour, Former Governor of Mississippi
Roemer.jpg|Buddy Roemer, Former Governor of Louisiana
Santorum.jpg|Rick Santorum, Former Senator of Pennsylvania
Garyjohnsonphoto.JPG|Gary Johnson, Former Governor of New Mexico
TedCruzPortrait.jpg|Ted Cruz, Senator from Texas
The Republican candidates were divided into three groups: Moderates, conservatives, and libertarians. Jon Huntsman was the leader of the moderate faction, and by the time the primaries began, all others had dropped out and endorsed him instead. With the new moderate movement behind him, Huntsman had enormous amounts of support. The conservatives, however, were divided due to having many candidates: Bachmann, Rubio, Paul, Roemer, Barbour, and Santorum. The conservative vote was so divided that Huntsman won many states by plurality, which really helped him in winner-take-all states. By this point, the libertarian faction was very small, with many members voting for either moderates or conservatives, so Gary Johnson got very few votes.
==Democratic Primaries==
Sebelius.jpg|Former Governor Kathleen Selebius of Kansas
Schweitzer.jpg|Brian Schweitzer, former Governor of Montana
Kucinich.jpg|Dennis Kucinich, US Representative from Ohio
Sewell.jpg|Terri Sewell, Representative from Alabama
Susan Rice.jpg|Former UN Ambassador Susan Rice
Grayson.jpg|Alan Grayson, Former Representative from Florida
Greene.jpg|Alvine Greene of South Carolina
McMillan.jpg|Jimmy McMillan of New York
Hillary Clinton declined to run. Sebelius did not want to run originally, however, at Obama's urging, she decided to throw her hat in the ring. Schweitzer was banking on Huntsman losing the nomination, and that he would be able to win the moderate vote. When it became clear that Huntsman would be the Republican nominee, Schweitzer dropped out. Alan Grayson served primarily to draw progressive voters away from Kucinich. Sewell was not in the race to win it; she ran to be noticed as a potential cabinet pick or as a future presidential nominee. Rice ran on a campaign for D.C. Statehood, while Greene ran to earn votes from Black Nationalists. Due to Obama's support, Sebelius was victorious in the nomination.
==Results==
Name 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Electoral	Running Mate
Jon Huntsman 	Republican 	63,128,916	45.16	278 	Scott Brown
Kathleen Sebelius	Democratic 	41,866,940	29.95	215 	Gary Locke
Michele Bachmann 	Conservative	30,865,510	22.08	45 	Sarah Palin
Lou Dobbs 	Independent 	1,509,726 	1.08 	0 	Peter Jones
Ben Meiklejohn 	Green 	1,328,000 	0.95 	0 	Sarah Lee
Tamara Millay 	Libertarian 	629,053 	0.45 	0 	Penn Jilette
Other candidates received 461,305 votes, .33%.
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