With the 2016 presidencial election nearing closer every day, we constantly see slanderous facts about the candidates plastered across every magazine and news station. Sometimes it can be hard to remember that they are real people with real backstories and quirks, even if they aren't quite like us. Here are some pretty lighthearted fun facts about all of the current presidential candidates. They might not be facts that sway your vote for or against them, but they are interesting to keep in mind!
1. Bernie Sanders was once arrested for protesting at a civil rights rally in Chicago, and he attended the March on Washington in 1963.
2. Hillary Clinton wrote to NASA as a child inquiring how to become an astronaut. NASA replied that girls could not be astronauts in their program.
3. Ted Cruz has stated that he "despises" avocados.
4. Donald Trump used to own the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League.
5. John Kasich has two teenage twin daughters, Emma and Reese.
6. Hillary was among only 27 women in a class of 235 at Yale Law.
7. Bernie Sanders ran track and played basketball in high school.
8. Donald Trump claims to never drink alcohol of any kind. (Despite having his own brand of vodka).
9. Ted Cruz was a law professor at the University of Texas from 2004 to 2009.
10. John Kasich met Richard Nixon in the White House while he was in college.
11. When asked why she was attracted to her husband, former president Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton stated, "He wasn't afraid of me."
12. Bernie Sanders lost his first ever election, which was for his high school presidency.
13. Ted Cruz was born in Canada, but holds United States citizenship because his mother was born in Delaware.
14. Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana, was an alternate on the Czech Olympic Ski Team.
15. John Kasich was raised in a Catholic household, but later converted to Anglicanism.
