With the 2016 Presidential Elections right around the corner, the competition between GOP candidates continues to heat up amongst each other and the polls.

Currently, there are five main leading candidates in the race. Donald Trump, a real estate magnate, is in the lead with approximately 28 percent support from those Republicans registered to vote.

Trump, several days after a gunning of two journalists, announced he is not interested in tightening gun laws. However, he wants to address the mental health problems in America surrounding gun violence.

“This isn’t a gun problem, this is a mental problem. It’s not a question of the laws, it’s really the people,” Trump told CNN.

Trump would also like to cut down the budget for Department of Education, put more sanctions on Iran, and build more support for Israel. As an international commercial real estate expert, he claims he has vast knowledge in dealing with foreign policy and knows how to work with other countries.

The next leading candidate is Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon from Johns Hopkins, with a support of 12 percent of voters.

“We didn’t need the monstrosity of the $1.2 trillion Affordable Care Act. Even after it is fully implemented for 10 years, 23 million people still won’t have any health insurance,” said Carson on his official website.

Carson is pro-life and also supports aiding Israel. Carson is a strong advocate for parents, teachers and locals taking over their education community and removing it from the hands of government officials.

Dropping drastically from early 2015, Jeb Bush comes in with seven percent from supporters. Son of George Bush and brother of George W. Bush, Jeb has spent much of his life around politics.

As Governor of Florida, Bush did a lot of backing with small businesses, which led to 80,000 of new businesses opening during his terms.

“We created a new accountability system, updated our testing, closely tracked our most struggling students, ended social promotion, put in merit pay for teachers, established tax-supported scholarships for tens of thousands of low-income kids and created charter school choices for hundreds of thousands of Florida kids,” said Jeb Bush in one of his testimonies.

Jeb Bush recently made a stop in Wilmington, making an appearance at a fundraiser held at Landfall Country Club.

You can count all the democratic presidential candidates on one hand for this up and coming election, a stark contrast from the plethora of republican candidates.

Bernie Sanders, a United States senator, is the most liberal of the democratic nominees. With the imminent slogan “A political revolution is coming,” his momentum is building rapidly and approaching Hillary Clinton. Sanders’ social media following has skyrocketed, attracting young voters who seek change. “His moral compass and sense of values inspires me. He only seems to be on the right side of history,” said Sarah Silverman during a guest appearance on his campaign trail. With exposure and media presence of this volume, it is no wonder that his polls have nearly tripled in the past two months. He is now polled at 22 percent in the race.

Last but not least, Hillary Clinton. Her lead may be dwindling at the expense of Bernie Sanders’ sudden outbreak, but she is still ranked first with numbers at a whopping 48 percent of votes, according to the most recent Huffington Post Poll. Her campaign focuses heavily on the middle class, gun violence, and global climate change. Her slogan reads “It’s Your Time,” targeting voices of the oppressed and the middle class. Her polls have not shown improvement lately; as Bernie Sanders rises, she in turn falls. In late April she polled strongly at 61 percent, but has since dropped 12 percent.