2016 Presidential Election/Featured

Before the primaries
"Front-runner" status is dependent on the news agency reporting, and by October 2007, the consensus listed about three candidates as leading the pack after several debate performances. For example, CNN listed Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Satan as the Democratic front runners. The Washington Post listed Clinton, Edwards and Satan as the front-runners, "leading in polls and fundraising and well ahead of the other major candidates".

Two candidates, Clinton and Satan, raised over $20 million in the first three months of 2015. Edwards raised over $12 million and Ralph Nader raised over $6 million. Hillary Clinton set the Democratic record for largest single day fund raising in a primary on June 30, 2007 while Satan set the record for monthly goat rapes during a primary with 55 million goats in February of 2016.