Let's talk about the 2016 presidential election. Who do you like and why you like them? Are you gonna vote? If so are you gonna vote in the primaries as well? Here are the candidates:

Democrats

Bernie Sanders

Martin O'Malley

Hillary Clinton

Lawrence Lessig

Republicans

Donald Trump

Ben Carson

Marco Rubio

Jeb Bush

Carly Fiorina

Ted Cruz

Chris Christie

Jim Gilmore

Lindsey Graham

Mike Huckabee

Bobby Jindal

John Kasich

George Pataki

Rand Paul

Rick Santorum

edit: Nevermind it was locked. 

I'll be voting for Rand Paul in the primaries. 

Hillary is the boss.. she realy showed the Republicans who's the boss in the Benghazi hearings... The Republicans gave her a perfect podium to show how strong she is.

she looked like a fool to me.  Very weak and just kept passing blame

OT:  I like John Kasich.  Can't argue with success

Makes a much better comedy show from the outside as compared to living there. There's no contest on the Democrat side, and if you get them you get complete deadlock in Congress plus the same failing policies as today, OR on the Republican side you get hard right policies based on rhetoric and fear.

Even the "socialist" candidate isn't remotely left-wing.

Yeah sure.. by avoiding the questions.

Jim Webb was good for the democrats.. but he's out now.

As for republicans, I'd go for Carson, Fiorrina or Cruz. Maybe Trump, as he gets some things right but others not so much. 

the good thing about Trump is that some of his off the wall stuff would never actually get off the ground lol

He's brough alot of discussion into the election campaign that wouldn't even have been mentioned if it wasn't for him. I think someone like Cruz or Fiorrina should go about there campaign, similar to how trump is doing his, but with differing policies of course. He speaks what everyone else only dares to think..

He's a refreshing voice in politics and above all, he's not part of the establishment, which the base are sick and tired of. McCain and Romney lost because they were too defensive and part of the establishment, which do not represent the base, and therefore have no hope in winning.

I think the only one I'll vote for is Sanders in the primaries. If he doesn't get the nomination, I'll vote for Trump in the general election.

I don't trust Clinton at all! She's the definition of a demagogue to me. IMHO, the only reason for a lot of her recent flip flops to the left is because of Bernie.

Funny thing is, I usually lean right, but I agree with a lot of what Sanders says. Some of my conservative/republican friends agree with me as well. I'm just worried about his tax plan, which he hasn't really disclosed yet.

Both of these guys are likely to drop in the next month or so. Will you vote for someone else if they drop out of the race?

Also other question for some you guys. What are some of the most important issues for you when you are deciding on who to vote for (assuming you vote for a candidate, not a party)? Let's say top 5? Mine are:

1) Climate Change/Green energy - When 90% of scientists tell you, then the change of it being real is very high. It's real and we need to be worried about it (that's actually a big minus for Trump IMO)

2) Healthcare - IMO, healthcare is a right, not a privilege

3) Getting jobs back to America/infrastructure - We need to get jobs here, fix our infrastructure. Fix the roads, bridges, build new rapid transit/light rail/commute metro systems and upgrade old ones. Very needed.

4) Education Reform - both getting college education more affordable and 

5) No Super Pacs, Wall Street, Big company money - tired of politics being bought out. This is one where Sanders and Trump just stand out to me

Also, I think we need greater gun control, but don't try to take away our 2nd ammendment. I like Sanders stance on gun control