The US presidential race

The race for the 2016 presidential elections in the U.S. has started, with more than a dozen candidates already expressing their interest in running for their party's presidential nomination.

The number of Republican candidates who have already declared their intention currently outnumbers the number of Democrats. As the Republican Party showed a good performance in the 2014 midterm elections for the Congress, its hopes of taking over the top job in the country from the Democrats, who have occupied the White House for the last eight years, have risen.

So far, three Republicans, namely Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, have officially announced their bids for candidacy. However, the announcement of a Democrat, the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has created much more buzz than the entire Republican candidates so far put together.

Clinton threw her hat into the ring with a video message on social media on April 12, 2015, becoming the first to do so from the Democrats. Understandably, all the hopefuls were waiting for her announcement and the country's reaction to assess their own candidacy.

This will be her second attempt for the presidency after 2008, when she lost to Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries. Although it is very early to make predictions, there is no doubt that Clinton will be a powerful nominee this time for the Democrats, compared with other rumored names. The potential rivals for the nomination are former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, former Senator Jim Web and former Senator Bernard Sanders, who currently seem to be independent. Early polls are in favor of Clinton.

She has a strong background in politics with a career as First Lady, as Senator from New York and as Secretary of State...

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