8 of the 22 most commonly mentioned possible Republican candidates for the presidency gathered in Iowa to garner support. Generally the Republican Party supports illegal wars, opposes environmental protection, fights against protection for animals, supports draconian punishment for nonviolent pot smokers etc.

REPUBLICANS

1 Rand Paul is perhaps the strongest antiwar candidate of the 22 Republicans most often mentioned

2 Steve King Iowa congressman who fights any attempt to improve the life of Iowa farm animals, dogs and birds

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/k3dodo/steve-king-on-chicken-cages Steve Colbert spoof

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/q82dz5/steve-king-s-dogfighting-de

http://mercyforanimals.org/hatchery living Iowa chick males crushed into paste

3 Marco Rubio wants US citizens to stay in 1962 in regards to Cuba

4 Scott Walker unionbuster who sent mass transit money back to DC

5 Mike Huckabee sexist http://www.salon.com/2014/04/09/mike_huckabee_manages_to_be_spectacularl

6 Ted Cruz

said he will not support Christian groups in Mideast which are not proIsrael

7 Rick Perry along with G W Bush the most executing governors in US history

8 Chris Christie

brought brutal bear hunting back to NJ and vetoed a bill to make

pig factory farms a little less cruel

9 Jeb Bush cocreator of 2 wars, executioner of 21

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/12/17/18765731.php

10 Mitt Romney http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/12/18723605.php

11 Carly Fiorina former exec with Hewlett Packard thinks only victims of rape or incest should be allowed to have abortions

12 Paul Ryan an oxymoron: a prolife warmonger and hunter

13 Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) voted no on shareholders right to vote on executive compensation

14 Former Gov Sarah Palin elevated from being mayor of a 600 resident

town to governor by British Petroleum which paid for her inauguration

.... shot a caribou in the face with an arrow

15 Former Senator Rick Santorum: that oxymoron a prolife warmonger

16 Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) tool of the oil industry

17 Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) http://www.ontheissues.org/Susana_Martinez.htm

18 Gov. Brian Sandoval (R-Nev.) opposed BLM in their brutal mustang roundup http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/news/Gov-Brian-Sandoval-attacks-BLM-in-cattle-ro

19 Gov. Jay Nixon (D-Mo.)

executioner who has created racial strife with his inept handling of the

Ferguson crisis

20 Dr Ben Carson

21 Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)

22 12 Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.)

DEMS

1 GovJerry Brown California an excellent candidate

2 Senator Elizabeth Warren Mass a woman of great compassion for all

3 Vice President Joseph Biden has not separated hmself from Obama's wars

4 Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) a pawn of the Minnesota dairy industry

5 Gov Andrew Cuomo NY

6 Hilary Clinton Secretary of State has promoted several illegal wars

7 Former Gov Martin O'Malley of MD

8 Sen.Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)

9 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) a hunter who in the House received a 100% NRA rating

10 Former Gov. Howard Dean (D-Vt.)

11 Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)

12 Former Gov of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell

LIBERTARIAN PARTY has been a game changer taking 4 or more % of the vote http://lp.org

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/31/18763564.php

GREENS

1. Potential candidate Jill Stein, MD (her record re physician vivisection of animals is not yet known to this poster) http://gp.org

SOCIALISTS

1 Bernie Sanders

2. Socialist Party of the US http://socialistparty-usa.org

3 Socialist Workers Party http://socialistworker.org/

COMMUNIST PARTY OF US

http://www.cpusa.org/

THE CONSTITUTION PARTY

http://www.constitutionparty.com

AMERICANS FOR FAIR TAXATION

Kerry Bowers Americans For Fair Taxation (AFFT)

TEA PARTY

http://teaparty.org

PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY

http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/



INDEPENDENT

1 Donald Trump

http://reidreport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/20120614-222543.jp

2 Dennis Lynch, documentary filmmaker and conservative commentator

Despite the fact that animal rights and animal protection have more supporters than any other issue, the website ontheissues.org censors coverage of animal rights votes.