Although the first primaries of the 2016 Presidential election are still 5 months away, a pack of frontrunners has emerged on both the Democratic and Republican sides. Both parties offer candidates inside and outside of the political mainstream - this coming election will be a chance for voters on both the right and the left to vent their frustrations with entrenched Washington politicians and infuse new political lifeblood into the body of American government.
On the Republican side, the three main frontrunners are Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul; Ben Carson, an accomplished and renowned neurosurgeon; and Jeb Bush, the former governor of the state of Florida and relative of two former U.S. Presidents. According to a RealClearPolitics.com poll, aggregating four major national polls, Trump leads the Republican pack with 27%, followed by Carson with 13.5%, and Bush with 9.3%. Of these top three candidates, Bush is the only one who has held elected office before - neither Trump nor Carson have ever been in political office.
Trump has offered little in concrete detail on his economic policy but his insistence to opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and allowing manufacturing jobs to remain overseas, especially in Mexico, suggests that he will not be as friendly to trade as traditional republican would. American companies that rely heavily on Me...
Although the first primaries of the 2016 Presidential election are still 5 months away, a pack of frontrunners has emerged on both the Democratic and Republican sides. Both parties offer candidates inside and outside of the political mainstream - this coming election will be a chance for voters on both the right and the left to vent their frustrations with entrenched Washington politicians and infuse new political lifeblood into the body of American government.
On the Republican side, the three main frontrunners are Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul; Ben Carson, an accomplished and renowned neurosurgeon; and Jeb Bush, the former governor of the state of Florida and relative of two former U.S. Presidents. According to a RealClearPolitics.com poll, aggregating four major national polls, Trump leads the Republican pack with 27%, followed by Carson with 13.5%, and Bush with 9.3%. Of these top three candidates, Bush is the only one who has held elected office before - neither Trump nor Carson have ever been in political office.
Trump has offered little in concrete detail on his economic policy but his insistence to opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and allowing manufacturing jobs to remain overseas, especially in Mexico, suggests that he will not be as friendly to trade as traditional republican would. American companies that rely heavily on Me...