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Over the past two decades, devotees of the Republican party and the advancement of its principles have been well served by a strong stomach. Indeed, one could scarcely blame them for feeling as if they were riding on a roller coaster, with one important difference: At least if they were on a carnival ride, they could theoretically have asked that it be stopped so they could get off.

As far back as 1994, the GOP enjoyed a political windfall when midterm election results awarded them control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Termed then the Republican Revolution, some optimistic fellows on the right even dared to declare that a permanent majority had begun, with the US congress becoming red for the foreseeable future. They suffered under a Democratic President at the time, but had high hopes of changing that in two short years.

Frustration in the presidential election of 1996, however, resulting in the reelection of President Bill Clinton, meant that the Republicans would have to wait a total of six years after their landslide to take the White House and dominate American government. Unfortunately, this was when the roller coaster began to dip, as President George W Bush would prove to be one of the least popular commanders in chief in the nation's history, provoking a backlash against Republican rule that began in the 2006 midterms ending the supposed permanent majority in the Senate - and culminated in 2008 with the election of current President Barack Obama. The Revolution was over.

Or was it? While unmistakably starting strong, President Obama's approval ratings have suffered as estimations of the country's prosperity remain lukewarm. Between a sluggish economy whose recovery has yet to be felt by many Americans still seeking work and popular wariness over Obama's much-trumpeted healthcare plan, the Democratic party paid for its President's poor image during the 2014 midterm elections: An 8-seat loss in the Senate cost them their hard-won control of that chamber of congress, while a net loss of 15 seats in the House of Representatives forced them to cede a stronger majority there to a Republican party otherwise smarting from '06 and '08.

Nowadays, of course, the GOP is all about claiming victory in the 2016 presidential election, and fortune may favor them in that pursuit, as well. While the time was that their party gave the appearance of being fractured and belligerent against itself with some 17 Republican candidates considered viable for the nomination, the ongoing primary season has welcomely whittled down their list of serious contenders to just a handful. Simultaneously, ongoing questions concerning Hillary Clinton's scandals and the surprisingly strong primary performance of Bernie Sanders have eroded the image once enjoyed by the Democratic party of merely ushering in an heiress, and thrown the identity of their party's nominee (and the apparent unity that came with having a shoo-in candidate) into real question.

Meanwhile, the Republicans even with a divided field - have long hosted a contender who has consistently remained at the top of national polls: Donald Trump. The tough-talking New York business mogul is by no means a sure thing, not since Ted Cruz prevailed in the critical Iowa caucus, but Trump remains the clear GOP frontrunner. Moreover, his popularity stubbornly refuses to erode, even in the face of remarks he has made and policy positions he has taken that have been considered extreme by many. He wants to round up and deport immigrants present in the country illegally and build a fence along the southern border for which he plans to maneuver Mexico into paying, he has praised low wages for workers as vital to keeping American businesses competitive internationally, and he favors a temporary moratorium on allowing people of the Islamic faith to enter the United States. It's the kind of gloves-off attitude that has excited the conservative base and led Trump to such impressive popularity, but it carries its own risks: Many analysts worry that he is too harsh and severe to be electable, and that his nomination could set the GOP up for defeat at the ballot box.

It's far from clear how the Republican candidates will fare in the coming 2016 election. Their opponents' greatest strength a clear nominee behind whom virtually the entire party was united may have evaporated as Clinton finds herself on the defensive against an encroaching Sanders, but Donald Trump's seemingly-unstoppable popularity could well carry him to a 2016 GOP nomination that risks proving more of a curse than a blessing.

We profile all official candidates, from all political parties, on a level platform. Some may be nutcases, but most are respectable individuals with legitimate positions on the issues. Any officially registered candidates not included may be fictitious, or have insufficient available information from which to build a profile.

We dont know if any of these candidates would make a better president than a career politician, just as there's no guarantee that any of the 2016 campaign promises will actually be kept.

Word of mouth and today's web of social networks empower 'We the People' to promote a candidate more effectively than any media conglomerate, and subsequently scrutinize their every detail in thousands of national online platforms.

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Republican Presidential Candidates 2016