America’s 2016 Presidential Candidates
By Abby Hay, Ashley Lee and Kjersten Johnson
America’s 2016 Presidential Candidates
By Abby Hay, Ashley Lee and Kjersten Johnson
Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump
Quick facts
Birth: Oct. 26, 1947
Born in: Chicago, Illinois
Religion: Methodist
Education: Wellesley College, Yale Law School
Bachelor of Arts, with departmental honors in political science
First student in Wellesley history to speak at the commencement ceremony
Former U.S. First Lady
First female senator from New York
Secretary of State 2009-2013
Birth: June 14, 1946
Born in: Queens, New York
Religion: Presbyterian
Education: New York Military Academy, Fordham University, Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Economics
Executive producer and host of American reality television show “The Apprentice”
President of The Trump Organization
New York real estate developer
Former owner of Miss USA Pageant
Waldo’s father in “Little Rascals”
“People can judge me for what I’ve done. And I think when somebody’s out in the public eye, that’s what they do. So I’m fully comfortable with who I am, what I stand for, and what I’ve always stood for.” -Hillary R. Clinton, June 25, 2014
“Sadly, the American dream is dead, but if I get elected president, I will bring it back; bigger and better and stronger than ever before and we will make America great again.” -Donald J. Trump, June 16, 2016
Family
Spouse: Former U.S. president Bill Clinton
Daughter: Chelsea Clinton (married to Marc Mezvinsky, has two children)
Spouse: Melania Trump
Ex-wife: Marla Ann Maples
Ex-wife: Ivana Marie Trump
“If a country doesn’t recognize minority rights and human rights, including women’s rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible.” -Hillary R. Clinton, Feb. 23, 2011
“I would build a great wall. And nobody builds walls better than me, believe me. And I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border and I will have Mexico pay for that wall.” -Donald J. Trump, June 16, 2015
Influenced by
Marian Wright Edelman: activist who founded the Children’s Defense Fund to fight for the rights of underprivileged American children, former boss of Clinton
Don Jones: Methodist youth pastor who organized Clinton’s trip to see and meet Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.: civil rights activist and minister
Dorothy Rodham: her mother, who survived a devastating childhood
Eleanor Roosevelt: inspired Clinton to have thick skin in politics
Roy Cohn: Trump’s attorney who represented him during a racial discrimination lawsuit in the 1970s. Cohn is also famous for investigations into Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s Communist activity during the Second Red Scare
Hugh Hefner: founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises
Norman Vincent Peale: Trump’s childhood pastor and author of “The Power of Positive Thinking,” which teaches ideologies very influential in Trump’s life
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Vice presidential candidates
Sen. Tim Kaine:
United States Senator from Virginia
Born in: St. Paul, Minnesota
Religion: Catholic
One of 30 people in history to have served as a mayor, governor and a U.S. Senator
Volunteered with Jesuit missionaries in Honduras at age 22; speaks Spanish
B.A. in economics from the University of Missouri
J.D. degree from Harvard Law School
Married to Anne Holton and father of three children
Gov. Mike Pence:
50th governor of Indiana
Born in: Columbus, Indiana
Religion: Raised Catholic but now identifies as an evangelical Christian
Successfully advocated the largest tax cut in Indiana history
B.A. in history at Hanover College
J.D. degree from McKinney School of Law
Married to Karen Pence and father of three children
Gary Johnson – Libertarian Party
Evan McMullin – Independent
Jill Stein – Green Party