The American people made history when they elected Barack Obama as their president in 2008.
With Obama's election as the first African-American president in the history of the United States the doors opened to several minority groups who could now aspire to hold the highest office in the nation.
As the results of the Iowa caucus begins the tale of the American presidential election Rediff.com takes a look at the candidates from both parties and how they would remake history if elected as POTUS.
As the results of the Iowa caucuses came in, the crowded Republican presidential race appeared to be narrowing down to a three-cornered contest with Marco Rubio coming a close third behind Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.
On the Democratic side, it was too close to call between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Both of them split almost 50 per cent of the votes each.
Click on the circle to find out how these contenders, if elected, will change the American political scene.
