Election Profile: President of the United States of America

Barack Obama

Party: Democrat, Incumbent

Age: 51

Born: Honolulu, Hawaii

Campaign Headquarters: Chicago

Campaign Slogan: “Forward”

Vice presidential running mate: Joe Biden

Education: Bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University, J.D. from Harvard Law School

Career: U.S. president, Illinois State senator, United States senator

Platform:

• Creating the jobs of tomorrow in U.S.

• Reforming the tax code to create jobs and pay down the deficit.

• Ending wars and rebuilding America.

• Investing in clean energy made in America.

• Leading the world in college graduates by 2020.

• Expanding access and lowering the cost of health care for families.

Willard Mitt Romney

Party: Republican

Age: 65

Born: Detroit

Campaign Headquarters: Boston

Campaign Slogan: “Believe in America”

Vice presidential running mate: Paul Ryan

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School, J.D. from Harvard Law School

Career: CEO of Bain Capital, CEO of 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, governor of Massachusetts

Platform:

• Creating a flatter, simpler and fairer tax code.

• Cutting the red tape of government regulations.

• Opening world markets on terms that work for America.

• Championing small business.

• Keeping faith with America’s veterans.

• Achieving energy independence for North America by 2020.

Gary Johnson

Party: Libertarian

Age: 59

Born: Minot, Nev.

Campaign Headquarters: Santa Fe, N.M.

Campaign Slogan: “Live Free”

Vice presidential running mate: Jim Gray

Education: Bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque

Career: CEO of Big J Enterprises, Founder of Our America initiative, governor of New Mexico

Platform:

• Applying common sense policies to environmental regulations.

• Repealing the Affordable Care Act immediately.

• Simplifying legal immigration processes to strengthen the economy.

• Achieving foreign policy goals without sacrificing American lives.

• Cutting both government spending and taxes.

• Reducing the federal involvement in the economy.

Jill Stein

Party: Green

Age: 62

Born: Chicago

Campaign Headquarters: Madison, Wis.

Campaign Slogan: “A Green New Deal for America”

Vice presidential running mate: Cheri Honkala (Howie Hawkins will appear on the ballot in Illinois)

Education: M.D. from Harvard Medical School

Career: Physician

Platform:

• Enacting the Full Employment Program to create millions of “green” jobs in sustainable energy, clean manufacturing, etc.

• Providing full protection for workplace rights.

• Breaking up banks that are “too big to fail,” starting with Bank of America.

• Providing tuition-free education from kindergarten through college to eliminate student debt crisis.

• Abolish the electoral college to allow for the direct election of the president.

• Impose an immediate moratorium on foreclosures and evictions.