2016 United States presidential election (Guac-Surge 2016)

The 2016 United States presidential election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. In what was considered to be one of the closest races in the 21st century, The Republican ticket of Former Governor Jeb Bush and Texan Senator Ted Cruz narrowly prevailed over the Democratic ticket of U.S Senator Senator Bernie Sanders and Virginia Senior Senator and Former governor Mark Warner. Jeb Bush took office as the 45th president, and Cruz the 48th Vice President, on January 20th, 2017. Jeb is the 3rd member of the Bush family to become President.

Per the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, incumbent president Barack Obama was ineligible to seek a third term. Sanders defeated party favorite Hillary Clinton in a close call in the Democratic Presidential primary, in what was a largely divisive contest between the two. Jeb Bush emerged as the favorite early on in the Primary Season and never let go of that lead, defeating Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich in a largely uncontested primary. The Libertarian Party nominated former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, and the Green Party nominated Jill Stein. Bush's energetic campaign, centered around a similar strategy to that of Mitt Romney's in 2012, being focused on attempting to build a coalition across Party Lines and he took a centre-right to centrist position on most issues. Sanders emphasized his own experience and defending workers, also launching attacks against Bush for 'Same old, same old' among other things, and advocated welfare expansion, Universal healthcare, among other progressive ideas.