President Obama is barred by constitutional term limits from seeking re-election in 2016.

A large crowd of candidates will likely compete for the Democratic and Republican nominations.

Plus there are LOTS of likely third party and independent P 2016 hopefuls.

So, if a person is running, or thinkg of running -- regardless of party, ballot status, or chances of winning -- we have him or her listed below.

Incumbent party first, following by the main opposition party, then the third party candidates.

Your guide to the 2016 presidential candidates (Presidency 2016)

LEGEND
BOLD = Announced Candidate (or Filed an Exploratory Committee)
Italics = Possible Candidate

DEMOCRATIC PARTY:

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (New York)
Campaign Site: HillaryClinton.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/HillaryClinton
Twitter: www.twitter.com/HillaryClinton

Jon Adams (New York)
Brandon Armstrong (South Carolina)
Warren Ashe (Florida)
Howell Astor (North Carolina)
James Bell (Ohio)
Christina Billings-Elias (California)
John Blyth (Illinois)
Morrison Bonpasse (Maine)
Meridi Richardson Bosley (Arizona)
Jeff Boss (New Jersey)
Philip Bralich (California)
Harry Braun (Georgia) 
Arthur Brooks Jr. (Texas)
Kennedy Brown (Alabama)
Bob Bucket (California)
Edie Bukewihge (California)
Steve Burke (New York)
Pamela M. Pinkney Butts (Ohio)
President Emperor Caesar (Florida)
Andy Caffrey (California)
Willie Carter (Texas)
James Chen (California)
Celestino Chora (California)
Brittany Clark (California)
Ron Clayman (Iowa)
James Casey Collins (Florida)
Stephen Comley (New Hampshire)
Rocky De La Fuente (California
George Dietrich II (West Virginia)
Andrew Donelson (Texas)
Kristi Dutton (Arizona)
Larry Ealy (Ohio)
Eric Elbot (Massachusetts)
Ronald Emrit (Nevada)
Nicholas Erwin (North Carolina) 
John Forsyth (Maine)
Rich Franco (Florida)
William French (Pennsylvania)
Susan Gelber Ott (Virginia) 
Gabriel Gomez (Georgia)
Jim Green (Texas)
Mark Greenstein (Connecticut)
Quancidine Gribble (North Carolina)
Neil Grimaldi (New York)
Christin Noel Griskie (Florida)
Kristopher Gutierrez (Washington)
Don Hackett Jr. (Florida)
Timothy Hagerty (Michigan)
Brianna Mayann Hammel (Indiana)
Gerald Hankins (Pennsylvania)
Mark Hardie (California)
Jason Hart (Oklahoma)
Calvis Hawes (Texas)
Tameika Hawkins (New Jersey)
Henry Hewes (New York)
Charles Hodge (California)
Robbie Hoffman (Wisconsin)
Matthew Houston (California)
Brock Hutton (Maryland)
Denny Jackson (Kentucky)
Aidan Johnson (Washington)
John Fitzgerald Johnson (Ohio)
Kyrstal Johnson (Alabama)
Larry E. Johnson (Colorado)
Kelby Jones (Arizona)
Gayle Jones-Taylor (California)
Keith Judd (Texas)
Cody Judy (Utah)
Glenn Kaminsky (California)
Mohammed Keita (New York)
Lloyd Kelso (North Carolina)
Jonathan Lavigne (West Virginia)
Matthew Linder (California)
Steven Lipscomb (New Mexico)
Star Locke (Texas)
Robert Lovitt (Kentucky)
Colin Mackintosh (Illinois)
Harvey Martin (Arizona)
Paddington Massey (Arkansas)
Lonnie Mathias (California)
L.R. "Skip" Maul Jr. (Arizona)
Alyssa Dara McDowell (Kentucky)
Bill McGaughey (Minnesota)
Jeremy McKeen (Massachusetts)
Michael McMenemy (Pennsylvania) 
Sherry Meadows (Texas)
Lee Mercer Jr. (Tennessee)
Daniel "Tool" Michaels (Florida)
Loretta "Leah Lax" Miller (Pennsylvania)
David Mills (West Virginia)
Julius Mogyorossy (California)
Ray Moroz (New York)
Rome Murphy II (New Jersey)
Ed O’Donnell (Pennsylvania)
James Ogle III (California)
Daniel Owens (Oregon)
Harry Pavilack (South Carolina)
Dennis Pearson (Florida)
Cathy Johnson Pendleton (Maryland)
Margie Penn (Tennessee)
Angus Perkins (Texas)
Michel Powell (South Carolina)
Bob Pribble (Florida)
Mason Purdy (Indiana)
Mary Aku Quartey (Maryland)
John Raffone (Florida)
Randall Reeves (Washington)
Lee Rhodes (New York)
Russ Rohrbacker (Colorado)
Stephen Rush (California)
Doug Schreffler (California)
Will Schroeder (Illinois)
Graham Schwass (Massachusetts)
Margaret Schweigert (New York)
Angelo Scrigna (Hawaii)
Christian Serino (Nevada)
Jerome Singleton Jr. (Louisiana)
Jesse Sisler (Illinois)
Sam Sloan (New York)
Edward Sonnino (New York)
Nicholas Sopkovich (California)
Michael Steinberg (Florida)
Mark Stewart (New Hampshire)
Vermin Supreme (Maryland)
David John Thistle (New Hampshire)
Robert Lee Tolbert (Georgia)
Michele Ann Jones Touchettgess (District of Columbia)
Ray Uhric (Pennsylvania)
James Valentine (Florida)
Aaron Vann (New Jersey)
Jimelle Walls (California)
John Walsh III (Pennsylvania)
Dave Webber (New York)
Richard Lyons Weil (Colorado)
Robby Wells (North Carolina)
Elaine Williams (Florida)
Lanine Wilson (Maryland)
Willie Wilson (Illinois)
Jeffrey Windett (West Virginia)
Brad Winslow (California)
Thomas Winterbottom (Pennsylvania)
John Wolfe (Tennessee)
John Worldpeace (New Mexico)
Susan Young (California)

REPUBLICAN PARTY:

US Senator Ted Cruz (Texas)
Campaign Site: TedCruz.org
Government Site: Office of US Senator Ted Cruz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TedCruzPage
Twitter: www.twitter.com/TedCruz

Businessman Donald Trump (New York)

Campaign Site: DonaldJTrump.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump
Twitter: www.twitter.com/RealDonaldTrump

OTHER REPUBLICANS:

Jack Adams (Texas)
Brian Allen (California)
Pogo Mochello Allen-Reese (Texas)
Alex Anderson (California)
John Anderson Jr. (California)
Skip Andrews (Kansas)
Ray Antley Jr. (North Carolina)
Armando Anzoli (Rhode Island)
Ray Askin (Ohio)
George Bailey Jr. (Mississippi)
Michael Baldwin (Missouri)
Scott Batcher (Iowa)
David Baucom (North Carolina)
Danielle Berhane (Arizona)
Michael Bickelmeyer (Ohio)
Virgil Bierschwale (Texas)
John Bizga (New Jersey)
Kwame Boateng (California)
Bruce Bongardt (Nevada)
Tony Bonificia Jr. (New York)
Kerry Bowers (Nevada)
Suzanne Boyajian (California)
Daniel Brannan (California)
Jairo Briceno (Texas)
Dominique Brown (Pennsylvania)
George Brucato (Nevada)
Gary Caissie (Oklahoma)
Francis Castleberry (Florida)
Christopher Chappell (Ohio)
Rick Chollett (Texas)
Dale Christensen (Missouri)
Brian Ari Cole (Pennsylvania)
Scott Cole (North Carolina)
Stephen Comley (Massachusetts)
Tim Cook (North Carolina)
Karen Copen (Colorado)
David Reed Cornerstone (Texas)
Ricky Crews (Florida)
Melody Crombie (Maryland)
Ezekiel George Crotzer (Michigan)
Brooks Cullison (Illinois)
Tim Day (Texas)
Christian DeBoer (Massachusetts)
Paul DeBow (Louisiana)
Anthony DeFazio (Illinois)
Paul Delong (Pennsylvania)
Tom DeMarco (Nevada)
George Dietrich II (West Virginia)
Mike Diggs (Arkansas)
Kenneth Donaldson (Texas)
Patrick Drake (Georgia)
Matt Drozd (Pennsylvania)
Todd Dubon (Louisiana)
Wanda Duckwald (Oklahoma)
Douglas Duke (Alabama)
Ronald Duke (Alabama)
John Dummett Jr. (California)
J. Daniel Dyas (Alabama)
Isis Elijah (Ohio)
Nicholas Evans (Oklahoma)
Stuart Farber (Florida)
Elmer Farmer Jr. (Louisiana)
Christopher Farnell (Alaska)
Gerald Feeney (Florida)
Jack Fellure (West Virginia)
James Firmani (California)
Turk Fratterson (California)
Bruce Gidner (Michigan)
Rocky Giordani (California)
Nathaniel Glasgow (North Carolina)
Don Green (Texas)
David Hall (Florida)
Anita Hammon (California)
Robert Hanson (Texas)
Jim Hayden (Tennessee)
Shannon Hazzard (Virginia)
Selden Kennedy Henry (Florida)
Albert Howard (California)
Millie Howard (Ohio)
Kevin Huey (Colorado)
Eugene Hunt Jr. (Michigan)
Justin Hyde (California)
Abraham Israel (Connecticut)
Walter Iwachiw (New York)
Kins Jeroboan (New York)
Roger Jewell (Arizona)
Tyrone Johnson (Ohio)
D. Royce Jones (Texas)
Tyrone Julius (District of Columbia)
Brenda Justice (New York)
Tim Kalemkarian (California)
Magdalina Kalincheva (California)
George Karpacs (Pennsylvania)
Marc Keller (Oregon)
Michael Kinlaw (Colorado)
Alexander Kissi (New York)
Valma Kittington (Alabama)
Jennifer Lang (Maryland)
Edgar Lawson (Tennessee)
John Lee (Texas)
Monroe Lee (Florida)
Jerry Leonard (North Carolina)
Renee Loetscher (Florida)
Charles Long (Maryland)
Aurora Lopez (Washington)
Kris Lord (Florida)
Bartholomew James Lower (Michigan)
Dennis Michael Lynch (New York)
Frank Lynch (Florida)
Jim Lynch (Illinois)
Joan Malone (District of Columbia)
Robert Mann (Indiana)
Barbara Mae Markovich (Montana)
Stephen Marks (Florida)
Alonzo Martin Sr. (Missouri)
Andy Martin (New Hampshire)
James Ray Martin (Mississippi)
Mike Martisko (Pennsylvania)
Corneluis Mathews (Oklahoma)
John McCarthy (Massachusetts)
Stephen John McCarthy (Ohio)
Jimmy McMillan (New York)
Mickey Meade (California)
Nathan Meadows (Georgia)
Peter Messina (Florida)
Raymond Miller (Idaho)
David Mills (Georgia)
Tiffani Mims (Texas)
James Mitchell Jr. (Illinois)
Efrain Montaigne (New York)
Timothy Moore (Washington)
John Morrissey (Massachusetts)
K. Ross Newland (Illinois)
Quinon Norwood IV (Mississippi)
Jim O'Neill (Connecticut)
Princess Oawlawolwaol (California)
Cole Oeltjenbruns (Arizona)
Scot Olewine (Puerto Rico)
Esteban Oliverez (Texas)
Stephen Patterson (Michigan)
Richard Peter (Texas)
Michael Petyo (Indiana)
Deshon Porter (Illinois)
Chomi Prag (Wisconsin)
William Propsner (New Mexico)
Joe Robinson (Massachusetts)
Kenny Rodeo (Colorado)
James Rogriguez (North Carolina)
Lorren Rogers (Kentucky)
Cindy Ellen Rose (California)
Ruby Rose (Massachusetts)
Jim Rundberg (Colorado)
Brian Russell (Florida)
Douglas Sabbag (Florida)
Ole Savior (Minnesota)
Larry Scarborough (California)
John Schiess (Wisconsin)
Jefferson Sherman (Maryland)
Peter Sherrill (New York)
Andrew Simmons (Mississippi)
Greg Sims (Texas)
Mark Sleggs (New York)
Darryl Smith (Maine)
Jeffrey Smith (Florida)
Silvia Stagg (New York)
Herb Stephens (Missouri)
Joseph Stetson (South Carolina)
Scott Stauffer (Maryland)
Sherlene Stevens (District of Columbia)
Paul Sudduth (Mississippi)
Michael Szczepanski New York)
Maxwell Thomas (Colorado)
Dwayne Tomlinson (Florida)
Carol Torkko (Washington)
Robert Tracy (Nevada)
Thai Allen Walker (California)
John Wallace (Hawaii)
Stanley Warner (California)
Warren West (Alaska)
Gus Williams (California)
Richard Witz (Massachusetts)
Vern Wuensche (Texas)
Kaye Wyman (North Carolina)