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On June 7th, 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2016 United States Presidential Election. In the primary process, we supported Senator Bernie Sanders over her, due to his energizing presence and progressive ideas. We believed in his political revolution, but it is now over as it relates to the Presidential campaign. Bernie will still compete in Washington D.C. next week, but most importantly the movement he started will always continue. We will always support his ideals, because we really do need a world that is ran by Bernie's system. The revolution shall continue! For now though, we full-heartedly endorse Hillary Clinton to be the next President of the United States. We need someone who will stand up to ISIS and other global challengers, and someone who will fight for equality and prosperity back at home in America, and throughout the world. She is not perfect. She has a questionable (at best) financial connection...

More and more speculation is surrounding the Presidential ambitions of current Vice President Joe Biden. For weeks now reports have been discussing how Biden has been talking to his advisors and potential donors as he is trying to decide his future. And the biggest indicator has just been made public. Senator Elizabeth Warren. While many may not be familiar with Warren's name or record, she in fact is a heavyweight within the Democratic Party. The Massachusetts senator is famous for her liberal stance and is the face of the progressive wing of the party. She was in fact the expected opponent of Hillary Clinton up until earlier this year, when she declined to run (to the dismay of many in the party). Most of her supporters ended up with Bernie Sanders, which explains his surge in the polls. He is now considered as a major candidate who is actually beating Hillary in some polls. Senator Warren is a very influential and respected politician in Washington, and she is...

Well there you go! We support Bernie Sanders to be the Democratic candidate in 2016! It's no surprise to anyone that Finchley 1959 is a conservative Republican blogging site at it's heart, but we still try to be objective and to be deeply involved with the Democrats too! Now, before praising Bernie for his successes, let's talk about Hillary. We like Hillary, and would love to support her bid, because she would be the first female President. But voters can't go down that path again. Obama's path. It is clear that Obama got elected in 2008 mostly due to the fact that he would have been the first African-American President. It's true. Senator McCain clearly had better policies and ideas, but Obama had the color advantage and was a better public speaker. Hillary is likeable, but she would get elected because she would be the first female to do! And we wouldn't have a problem with the first female President; Margaret Thatcher is our idol. We get it. B...

Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and Republican Presidential hopeful, has climbed in polls following her triumphant performance at the Cleveland Debates. Prior to the debates, Mrs. Fiorina was generally polling around 1-2% both nationally and statewide, and thus only qualified for the second hand debate. If however, she can keep up her momentum, she should be making the next priority debate in California in September. Mrs. Fiorina is now polling at 7th place in Iowa, with around 10% of the support. This is a huge jump for her campaign, and clearly shows the power of nationally screened live debates. On a national level, her support has quadrupled from 2 to 8% points according to the latest MSNBC poll, which put her in 5th place, even ahead of Governor Bush and Walker. Of course this is only one poll, not an average one, but it is a good indicator. Frontrunner Donald Trump dropped 12% in Iowa following the Debate, but nationally he increased by 1%,...

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has  performed very well in last night's first national Republican Presidential Debate, and according to most analysts he seemed to finish first.  The debate in Cleveland was closely followed by the whole world, as it is likely to have showcased the next possible President of the United States. Rubio answered each question very professionally, never really stumbled and seemed to be one of the crowd favourites. He also had a positive online and social media response from the public, and thus can be applauded as he seemed to have successfully broken out of the stalemate that represented  the candidates who were not in the top 3 before yesterday. But we will have to wait a few more days to see how the polls reacted. As for Donald Trump, who was standing in the centre of the stage, it was as we expected. He pretty much dominated the discussions and appeared the most on our screen. He had spats...

The top 10 candidates have been announced for the first nationally televised debate among the Republican Candidates. It was always known that people like Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker would be there on the centre of the stage, but the last two available places saw a hard battle fought for them. It was a three way battle between Ohio Governor John Kasich, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Texas Governor Rick Perry. In the end, it was the Texan who failed to poll high enough in the latest surveys, and thus missed the primetime show. He will now be participating in the afternoon session with the other seven candidates who failed to register enough support. It is a big blow for the Texan, who famously destroyed his own campaign after the debates of 2012. He will now have a chance though to finish atop the afternoon debate in front of Senator Lindsey Graham, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former New York Governor George Pataki, Businesswoman Carly Fiorin...

Sure Bernie Sanders is there, but many Democrats worry that they will have to end up supporting Hillary to beat the Republicans. And many don't want to. They simply just don't trust her. And this is where Joe Biden comes into the picture. There is clearly a significant support for Biden's bid, and many think that he has a real chance against his former cabinet member.  Joe-mentum is now or never, and Biden knows it too. He has been flirting with the idea for the past few years, and hasn't really given up on becoming President, although if elected, he would be the oldest ever. Biden first ran in 1988 but dropped out in the early stages of the contest. He tried again 20 years laters, ran a decent campaign, but was overshadowed by the Obama-Hillary war, and ended up as the Vice President. Now it can be take two against Hillary, and many people hope it will be.  Vice-Presidents have a tendency to try and go for the last mile, as it can be seen on the hit H...

Hillary Clinton has so far always lead the Democratic filed with an incredibly big lead of around 50 percentage points. Even with the surge of Bernie Sanders, she was able to maintain a lead of well over 40 points.  Till now, she hasn't really faced any big problems in the polls except for her trustworthiness, or the lack of it to be more precise. For months now, polls after polls showed that the American people have doubts about her, and most of them just simply don't trust her. Scandals about the Clinton Foundation and the use of private emails during her tenure as the Secretary of State convinced the public that she is hiding big secrets. While Clinton acknowledged these problems in her recent CNN interview, and addressed them, her team wasn't really that worried. But now they have big things to worry about. So far she hasn't only led the Democratic field for the nomination, she also led nationwide polls against all Republican candidates. But that has c...

Donald Trump has shown no signs of slowing down. In the most recent poll, he leads the Republican Pack with 24% of the support, and is currently the clear frontrunner for the GOP's nomination. Trump has been generating a lot of attention lately with his outrageous comments about the Mexican Immigrants and questioning John McCain's war-hero status. He has received a lot of criticism for his behaviour almost unanimously from everyone, even the Republican Party and most of his fellow GOP candidates.  However, his poll numbers suggest that many people are able to connect with him, as he is completely different than the other candidates, and is not afraid to criticise or say anything. He is also very trusted on the economy, and his firm stance against ISIS. Trump on the other hand is also the leading candidate on the poll that surveyed who people would not vote for under any circumstance, and that is not a good sign for him. Candidates such as George Pataki, Lindsey...

No, we are not talking about Hillary or Jeb here. They can by no means be called outsiders. They are the frontrunners and are expected to face off in November 2016. However, the road will be long and rugged, and a lot can happen. After looking at the Democratic candidates, in part 2 we will be taking a look at the candidates for the Republican ticket. And oh boy, there are a lot of them. Some silly ones too, but mostly real politicians, who have a chance, even if that is a veery slim one.  Governor Chris Christie. Christie just announced in the last couple of days, but he has been polling very well for the last couple of years. Even though Bridgegate has hurt his political momentum, the outspoken New Jersey Governor is perhaps the biggest challenger to Jeb Bush at this stage of the race. Christie is proud of his economic record and disaster control, and is more liberal than most of his contenders on issues such as immigration and same-sex marriage....

No, we are not talking about Hillary or Jeb here. They can by no means be called outsiders. They are the frontrunners and are expected to face off in November 2016. However, the road will be long and rugged, and a lot can happen. Let's start with the Democrats, because the list is shorter. A lot shorter. Sanders, Biden, O'Malley, Chafee and Webb.  Bernie Sanders. Well. A year ago no one has even heard of the 73 year old Vermont senator in Mainstream politics. Now, he is drawing a crowd of 10,000 in the backyard of Wisconsin's Governor Walker. It is a remarkable feat, and he is growing steadily in the polls, closing that gap on Hillary. By now Sanders has become a major contender who will give Mrs. Clinton a fight for her money, and could cause big upsets. The Democratic Socialist is appealing to the most liberal democrats with his social messages and taxes on the rich, raising the minimum wage and decreasing inequality. Hillary watch out. Chafee,...