2016 United States Presidential Election
By: Haley Springer, David Torres, and Enrique Valls (Period 5)
AICE International Research Project
In the United States, it is traditional for "Election Day" to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. (timeanddate.com) The purpose of hosting this day is to allow citizens of the U.S. to vote for candidates for public offices at all levels, (local, state, and national) by popular ballot. (timeanddate.com) This year, our Election Day takes place on the 8th of November. In this 2016 election, we have Hilary Clinton, former U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, and First Lady, running for the Democratic Party. As well as Donald Trump, a world renowned, successful American businessman, politician, and television producer, running for the Republican party. Also participating in the race but as Third Party Candidates, are Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. Jill Stein is an American physician, politician, and activist. She is mainly recognized for previously running for President back in 2012. She represents the "Green Party". Gary Johnson is an author and politician and is representing the "Libertarian Party." So far in the Election, there has been a total of three Presidential debates and one Vice Presidential debate. The Presidential debates, however, only included the Democratic and Republican parties. The first debate aired on Monday, September 26, 2016 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. (Election Central) The moderator was Lester Holt, a NBC Nightly News Anchor. (Election Central) The debate was divided into six different time segments, approximately fifteen minutes each, in which the candidates discussed prevalent issues selected by the moderator. (Election Central) For every question, each candidate had two minutes to respond. (Election Central) Candidates then had an opportunity to respond to their opponent. (Election Central) The Vice Presidential debate aired on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at Longwood University, Farmville, VA with moderator, Elaine Quijano. (Election Central) She is the Anchor for CBSN and Correspondent for CBS news. (Election Central) The debate was split into nine time segments of around 10 minutes each and also allotted the candidates a two minute response period. (Election Central) The second Presidential debate was held on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. (Election Central) Two moderators were present this time, Martha Raddatz, who is the Chief of Global Affairs Correspondent and Co-Anchor of "This Week," ABC, and Anderson Cooper, an Anchor for CNN. (Election Central) The organization of the debate was to resemble a town meeting, where half of the questions were asked by citizens in the crowd and the other half asked by the moderator based on topics of the public's interest through social media. (Election Central) Similar to the first debate, the candidates had a total of two minutes to respond. (Election Central) The third and final debate was hosted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. (Election Central) The moderator was Chris Wallace an Anchor for Fox News and the set up of the debate was the exact same as the first one. (Election Central)