Alabama will have twelve Republican candidates on the Republican presidential primary ballot, and five Democratic candidates. The Republican Party had never before had more than eleven candidates in its Alabama presidential primary.

The five Democrats on the Alabama Democratic ballot are Kennedy King Brown, Hillary Clinton, Rocky De La Fuente, Marty O’Malley, and Bernie Sanders.

The twelve Republicans on the Alabama Republican ballot are Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum, and Donald Trump.

Spain held a parliamentary election on Sunday, December 20. Exit polls show that Podemas, a new political party, received the second-highest number of votes. See this story. Thanks to Andrew Gripp for this news.

Journalist Abby Martin interviewed Ralph Nader recently. Here is a link to the 25-minute filmed interview. At the nine minute mark, Nader explains the National Popular Vote Plan and says the public should be more aware that the plan is more than halfway toward being implemented. Nader had previously endorsed the plan, but the plan hasn’t had much publicity during 2015.

Later on in the interview, Nader says, “I don’t think Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee.” Thanks to Paullie for the link.