Impact of the 2016 US Presidential Election, (The Pearl World)

The 2016 U.S presidential Election was one of the most controversial elections in American history. The election was criticized for massive voter fraud and election rigging.

The centerpiece of the Election was the growing threat of ISIS. Many felt that the President had been openly supporting terrorism in the Middle East.

With a New Cold War becoming a reality, many candidates saw themselves promising a Strong Nuclear Deterrence. Russia had begun building up its nuclear arsenal and its military. Major Gains were also made in Ukraine, half of the country had been annexed by Russia near the end of 2015.

Candidates
The first candidates to declare their desire to run on each side were Hilary Clinton and Ted Cruz. Jeb Bush would announce his decision to run in June of 2015, and immediately became the favorite to score the GOP nomination.

Other Candidates to express their desire to run included Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, John Kerry, Rand Paul, Scott Walker, Andrew Cuomo, George Pataki, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Rudy Guilani.

Primaries
Bernie Sanders, a Independent Senator from Vermont who caucused with the Democrats, became a popular figure amongst millennials and Hardcore Democrats. Sanders ran a campaign for Democratic Socialism, an image that did not sit well with his colleagues. Sanders was forced out of the race and endorsed Hilary Clinton.

Legacy
The 2016 Election and the lessons learned from this race were felt for generations. Trump's four year reign as President of the United States has since been held as the worst in the History of the United States, and the President has since been synomious with failure and corruption

Russia had been reve

The Splinter of the Republican and Democratic Parties had become all the more inevitable. Steve Bannon and others helped formed the Nationalist Party, while remaining Conservatives rebuilt the Republican Party. Democrats meanwhile, splintered between the Progressives and Moderates. The two sides were unable to unite and it often lead to many races in which the two sides were running against eachother, with Republicans backing the Moderate candidates.