The United States presidential
election of 2016, scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Voters will select presidential electors, who in turn
will vote for a new president and vice president through the Electoral College.
The 2016
election will likely determine the 45th President and 48th Vice President of
the United States.
Businessman and reality television personality Donald
Trump became the Republican Party's presidential nominee on July 19, 2016,
after defeating Texas Sen.ator Ted Cruz.
Former Secretary of State and New York Senator Hillary
Clinton became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee on July 26, 2016,
after defeating Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Clinton is the first female presidential candidate
nominated by a major political party
The United States presidential election of 2016:-the
first election since 1944 in which both major party candidates were from the
same home state. In both cases, the two candidates were from New York.
Clinton progressing, a former secretary of state at the
Trump in polls since ended both Democrats and Republicans, the General
Conference of the party formally declared their .candidates in the presidential
July
