Tag: Hillary Clinton

  • How and why New Hampshire could shape the election

    How and why New Hampshire could shape the election

    At the beginning of every US Presidential Election year, there is one pressing task – predict the  New Hampshire Primary Why? Not because it is the first contest of the nomination schedule – that honour goes to the Iowa Caucus, one week earlier on February 1st. Nor because this state contributes lots of delegates –…

  • Six reasons why the time has come to back Hillary Clinton

    Six reasons why the time has come to back Hillary Clinton

    Democrat front-runner’s odds look set to shorten throughout 2016 From the first moment I was asked to predict the winner of the 2016 US Presidential Election, my answer has been consistent – Hillary Rodham Clinton. However given her prohibitively short odds, I have yet to place a penny on her. Until now. In my view,…

  • Clinton gains momentum as Donald Trump threatens to split the GOP

    Clinton gains momentum as Donald Trump threatens to split the GOP

    Democrat favourite shortens up on Betfair in response to GOP turmoil  Jeb Bush’s Presidential campaign has hardly been the most effective, but the one-time runaway favourite for the Republican Nomination made perhaps his most prescient intervention last week, wondering whether Donald Trump had cooked up a deal with his old pal Hillary Clinton. For the…

  • Political Betting on the 2016 US Election!

    Earlier this summer, I was privileged to be the guest on a superb pilot political talk show, The Cheat Sheet, presented by Melissa Caen of CBS KPIX 5. In this short film, we discuss the concept of political betting, past trends regarding US elections and my early views about 2016. I should point out at…