In the 2016 primaries for the nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties, we have seen a political circus so far. Trash talking, crude remarks, riots, insane candidates, and more. But with the primaries are coming to a close in July, It’s time to look back, and look forward to the 2016 election.

The 2016 primaries started with 23 hopefuls, 17 of which were Republicans, and the other 6, Democrats, of which all have dropped out as of May 5, 2016, leaving the primaries all but finished, and the parties with their presumptive nominees, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. However, Bernie Sanders is still in the race for the Democratic nominee, despite trailing in polls and delegates.

In the Democratic camp, we have frontrunner Hillary Clinton with a delegate lead of 804, putting her 173 delegates away from grabbing the nomination. Despite the unlikeliness of him winning, there has been no pressure from party leaders, or Clinton supporters, on Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race, for fear of dividing the party. Both candidates are expected to stay in the race until the Democratic National Convention from July 25^th – July 28^th.

The debate season is finally over and now the parties must attempt to unify and move forward. A Trump vs. Hillary election, would be something amazing to watch, and is sure to be historic. The scales could be tipped in Hillary’s direction though, as polls of American voters have shown that consistently, Hillary is more popular than Trump, as well as Obama’s approval rating sitting at around 50%, and the economy is doing well enough that most Americans feel good about it, especially since during the Obama presidency, there’s been 74 straight months of job growth, leaving the Democratic Party looking favorable. Meanwhile, the Republican Party is disorganized and Trump’s numbers remain low, which means less Republicans will show up to vote for him this fall. One thing’s certain though, both candidates will have to wait until their party conventions this July before they take to the center stage.