Eleven presidential hopefuls, two moderators, and millions of Americans tune in at 8 p.m. Wednesday for the Republican Primary debate for the coveted 2016 presidential spot. The GOP debate will feature the top 10 candidates and Carly Fiorina, who made the cut off after her average poll number placed her in the ranks with her male counterparts.

Divided into two parts, the first half of the debate features the four candidates who met the minimum one percent threshold in public polls. Those candidates include George Pataki, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum.

Former Texas governor Rick Perry was invited to join them on stage but suspended his bid after he realized his poll numbers were just as dismal as his campaign funds.

A variety of issues will be discussed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

Keep your ears primed for several issues ranging from Immigration, Foreign Policy and National Security, Health Care, and several Civil Rights not limited to Women’s Rights and LGBTQ affairs.

We will examine a few topics and the primary presidential potentials viewpoints, hoping to provide you with more knowledge on their platforms.

ObamaCare/ Health care
• Rand Paul- Longtime supporter of the Republican Party, Paul pursued a life of civic engagement while attaining a medical doctor degree. Having both performed eye surgery and owning his own practice in the past 18 years, Paul has years of experience in the medical field under his belt and has felt the effects of a failing health care reform. An opponent of Obamacare, he plans to rescind government involvement in health care as to eliminate the bureaucratic restrictions that hinder development.
• Chris Christie- Both Christie and Paul have come under fire for telling audiences that it was a parental decision on whether children should be vaccinated; however, Christie quickly clarified his position by stating that there should be a balance between what the government mandates. He supports the expansion Medicaid in his state of New Jersey because it was relatively small under ObamaCare. He called for the President to apologize to people who were getting their health plans canceled and was quoted saying that anyone who has run anything in their lives could see the problem with a state based health exchange a mile away.
• Marco Rubio- A proponent of massive health care reform, Rubio believes that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, has done more harm than good; stating that not only are states being left with unfunded liability that ultimately limits market competition. His plan would include transparency to facilitate value-based informed decisions and expanded choice in Medicaid options as well as longer funding periods.

Abortion
• Jeb Bush- elder Bush brother and former Florida Governor, Bush has asserted his formidable pro-life stance in a variety of ways in the past 20 years. Within his first year in office he used his executive power to approve a specialty license plate promoting the right-to-life “Choose Life” that donated $20 of proceeds to adoption agencies which provided counseling, but not to clinics that provided abortion counseling. He had even a feeding tube reinserted on a severely brain-damaged woman against the family’s wishes.
• Chris Christie- Once a pro-choice proponent, Governor Christie changed his mind when he heard his daughter’s heartbeat at 13 weeks back in 1995. He has since been pro-life and only supports abortions in cases where the mother’s life is at risk. He also eliminated state funding for Planned Parenthood stating that there were many other services women could use if they wanted family planning services.
• Carly Fiorina- With exceptions to cases in the instance of rape, incest, and maternal endangerment, the former business executive supports the defunding of Planned Parenthood. She believes that American attention should be focused on more pressing issues.

Immigration
• Jeb Bush- Having a fairly moderate view on immigration, Bush has since come to support a path for permanent legal residency that would hope to open the path to naturalization after years of supporting the deportation of illegal immigrants.
• Donald Trump- Infamously known on for his disparaging comments about Hispanics during his presidential announcement speech, Trump called for a tighter southern border going so far to propose building a wall that Mexico will have to pay out of pocket. He supports legal immigration from European countries and providing legal status to international students who complete their degree at an American university.
• Ted Cruz- Texas senator has expressed to the media about Obama’s “lawless amnesty” on his comprehensive immigration reform, which included background checks, earned citizenship for DREAMers, and strict requirements for those who would like permanent resident status. Cruz has tried to combat Obama’s executive order to cease the deportation of young, undocumented immigrants.
Foreign Policy
• Ben Carson- On our ally ship with Israel, the retired neurosurgeon has urged the U.S. to listen and consider Netanyahu during his speech to denounce Obama’s nuclear limitation deal with Iran. He advocates the U.S. using a proactive stance on leadership, versus waiting for what other nations will do first.
• Rand Paul- Having changed his views of removing all foreign aid, including Israel, because of America’s rising debt, he was quoted saying that we cannot give away money we don’t have. Paul has since then broadened his stance to support American allies. (On Cuba)
• Marco Rubio- Rubio stands as one of two Hispanic Republican candidates for the 2016 elections, and believes that Cuba must improve their position on human rights in order for American engagement with the island to be successful. He views our involvement with the country to not be enough if they don’t take measures into their own hand and initiate true, long lasting change.

Gun Control
• Scott Walker- the Wisconsin governor believes that protecting and preserving the second amendment is not optional—in fact, it is one of the most important things a governor can do. Using his executive power, he signed a law transforming Wisconsin gun laws to one of the freest in the U.S.
• Ted Cruz- A staunch supporter of the second amendment, he penned a brief on behalf of the 31 states that supported the right to keep and bear arms. He stands on the side of opposition to restricting magazines with more than 10 bullets and the United Nation’s Arms Trade Treaty, which sought to limit the misuse of firearms in wartime interactions in foreign countries.
• Donald Trump- Before his campaign for presidency began, Trump was more permissive toward gun control opting to place a ban on assault weapons and proposing a slightly longer waiting period. However, he touts his support of the second amendment and mandates that guns are necessary for defense and that “not every gun is an assault weapon.”

Education
• John Kasich- A supporter creationism, Kasich likens stories from the 4000-year-old Bible as historical facts recounting factual human history, taken from historical record. Outside of his religious views, he believes that competition in American universities is what makes this country great and would like to incorporate that drive into the refurbishing of primary and secondary school establishment.
• Jeb Bush- An advocate for Common Core education standards, an assessment that would monitor kids K-12 progress on the English language and mathematics. However, the plan has been criticize governmental overreach and to lessen the daunting effects of it the Obama administration has incentive its usage rather than require it be done 43 states it was approved in.
• Carly Fiorina- In Fiorina’s explanation of the private versus public school debate she lays out the downfall of a free-market voucher-driven system of public school education, stating that many schools would were only able to achieve the lowest common denominator. If we let competition reign the strongest schools would prosper and the weaker ones would be left to perish.