The 58th US presidential election is just a few days away and just in case you have forgotten how Democrat candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton won the race to be a candidate for one of the two major political parties in America, this article should be a timely reminder….enjoy
On April 12, 2015, Clinton released a YouTube video formally announcing her candidacy via email. She stated that, “Everyday Americans need a champion. And I want to be that champion.”
She is the wife of former President Bill Clinton and was a United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009 and served as Secretary of State under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. The runner-up in the 2008 Democratic primaries, her candidacy in the 2016 election is her second bid for the presidency.
Clinton’s main competitor in the Democratic nomination contest was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. During the primary elections, she had the most support from middle aged and older voters and from black, Latino and female voters. She has focused her platform on several issues, including expanding racial and women’s rights, raising wages and ensuring equal pay for women, and improving healthcare.
On June 6, 2016, the Associated Press declared Clinton the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party after she reached the required number of delegates, including both pledged delegates and super delegates. Sanders endorsed her candidacy on July 12, 2016. Delegates voted at the Democratic National Convention that took place between July 25–28, 2016.
Hillary announced her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, a Virginian on July 22, 2016 and they were both officially nominated on July 26, 2016, at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
Her first major campaign rally was on June 13, 2015, at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on the southern tip of New York City’s Roosevelt Island.
The first presidential debate in 2016 took place between Clinton and Trump on September 26 at Hofstra University. This made Clinton the first woman to debate as part of an American presidential debate.
Washington University in St.Louis was the venue for the second presidential debate in 2016 took place between Clinton and Trump on October 9 at Washington University in St. Louis.
While the third and last presidential debate between Clinton and Trump took place on October 19 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The Presidential Election is slated for Tuesday, November 8,2016.
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