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The American Presidential Election

The American Presidential Election on 8th November 2016
Will determine the nation’s future policies and government
Its candidates will qualify by caucuses and primaries successes
And all most definitely with seriousness will give addresses

Hillary Clinton is a democrat nominee and former first lady 
Barrack Obama’s Secretary of State who has husband Bill
She’s 68 and wants more unions, childcare and research 
And promotes “clear-eyed capitalism” and partnerships’ thrills 

All the democrats are on for interacting with climate change
And she’ll install a half billion solar panels no problem
Every home will use renewable energy in some way
And of the science of climate change she will be an emblem

Bernie Saunders is a democratic socialist, 74 and with a heart 
For the Nordic political system, and so will tax the wealthy flat 
He’ll provide tuition-free education and change health care
And of sick pay, paid vacations and woman’s rights he will blare 

But most daringly, he’ll regulate Wall Street, set it to law
To ensure no crashes cause recessions cold and hard
And please do note, most of the democrats will control that sector
In some way, as it has played the volatile financial card

Martin O’Malley is 52 and the Governor of Maryland
Who stood before for candidacy and wants a living wage
He’ll offer immigrants the right to education, not deportation
And wants financial regulation, gun control and is on a caring page

Ted Cruz is a republican and only 45, but is a Texas senator
And like most republicans, is anti-abortion and dismisses gay rights
He’s with capitalism and against extensive federal spending
But seems to only patronise the Iraq and Afghanistan fights 

George Bush’s brother Jeb, the Governor of Florida, aged 62
Believes passionately in the Iraq invasion, open and rather blasé
But he will increase KidCare and renewable energy by 25%
Although he’ll dismantle affirmative action and slash criminal’s therapy

And Donald Trump 71 is another republican, who seems like a ballon, 
Full of air and made of nothing: loud, brash and at risk of flatulence;
He’s pro-life and will sit and watch a financial crash happen, being prepared
And doesn't believe in taxing corporations that have too much affluence

I won’t be laughing if Donald Trump becomes the president
And would quietly like a woman to sit in the White House
But I admit that I silently love Bernie Saunders and his socialism
As I’m hoping for a democrat to curb discrimination and working classism

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