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The United States presidential election of 2016 will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, which will be the 58th quadrennial presidential election in which presidential electors, who will actually elect the President and the Vice President of the United States, will be chosen. The exceptions to this being a tie amongst the electoral votes or if no candidate receives the minimum number of electoral votes needed to win the election, in which case the United States House of Representatives will choose the President, and the United States Senate will choose the Vice President. Should they win in 2012, incumbent Republican Party President Mitt Romney and Vice-President Paul Ryan will be running for a second term during this election, the former being constitutionally limited to only two terms.
Candidates
Democrats
Should President Barack Obama win tomorrow, then he will not be eligible for re-election to a third term, and he has stated he would not run if he loses. This would lead to a wide-open race. The following have been mentioned as possible candidates: United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, among others.
Republicans
Should Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney win, then he would likely run for re-election. Should he not, then a badly damaged Republican party would be split between the right, the far right and the far far right and a a wide open and divisive race would follow. Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan are frequently mentioned as front runners.
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