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United States presidential election, 2016 (view source)
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==Democratic Party candidates==
==Democratic Party candidates==
===Possible Democratic candidates===
===Announced Democratic candidates===
These individuals have formally announced their candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential election.
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|[[Hillary Clinton]]
|[[Hillary Clinton]]
|Has wanted to be President for decades, has Clinton machine and big money behind her, teflon image helped along by the media, quitting Secretary of State position lets her run, she will have the 'sexist' card at her disposal.
|Has wanted to be President for decades, has Clinton machine and big money behind her, teflon image helped along by the media, quitting Secretary of State position lets her run, she will have the 'sexist' card at her disposal.
|Role in Benghazi and decades worth of scandals going back to the 90s, feminist, may not be able to run due to health problems.
|Role in Benghazi and decades worth of scandals going back to the 90s, feminist.
|Claims not interested now, but will likely run anyways.
|Announced candidacy on April 12, 2015.<ref>https://www.hillaryclinton.com</ref>
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[[Democrats]] will not have a choice other than [[liberal]] Hillary Clinton. If a competitive race were allowed by the party bosses (and it won't be), the candidates mentioned below her could be contenders:
===Probable Democratic candidates===
These individuals have taken formal actions (such as the formation of an exploratory committee) toward establishing candidacy.
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|[[Martin O'Malley]]
|Partisan and aggressive liberal.
|Martin who? He has low name recognition. Fiercely supports raising taxes and other very liberal stances, although that might help in the primary.
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|[[Jim Webb]]
|Former Virginia Senator and Secretary of the Navy
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|[[Lincoln Chafee]]
|Former governor of Rhode Island, former Republican
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===Other possible Democratic candidates===
These individuals have expressed interest in running or have been mentioned as possible candidates.
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|[[Joe Biden]]
|[[Joe Biden]]
|Senator from a swing state with a relatively moderate record compared to others, might try to get points with independents that the other Democrats won't have.
|Senator from a swing state with a relatively moderate record compared to others, might try to get points with independents that the other Democrats won't have.
|He votes with his party most of the time, voted for gun control even though he claims to be pro-gun.
|He votes with his party most of the time, voted for gun control even though he claims to be pro-gun.
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|Independent that is lockstep with the Democrat party. Popular among socialists.
|Independent that is lockstep with the Democrat party. Popular among socialists.
|As head of the Veterans Affairs Committee, he has done nothing to fix scandals and help veterans. Endorses Obama's policies.
|As head of the Veterans Affairs Committee, he has done nothing to fix scandals and help veterans. Endorses Obama's policies.
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