Browsed by
Category: America

In Jan 2017 Trump had net positive approval ratings in 38 US states – that’s now down to 21

In Jan 2017 Trump had net positive approval ratings in 38 US states – that’s now down to 21

Comments 0 Comment

US Map showing Trump approval ratings Jan 2017 US Map showing Trump approval ratings Dec 2018 It is a sign of just how long PB has been around that next year’s White House Race will be the 5th that we’ve covered on the site since its foundation in March 2004. These are massive betting events something that is helped by the build-up of primaries towards the nominations of then of course the battle itself. With just under two years to…

Read More Read More

Why changes to the primary structure are going to make WH2020 more challenging for Bernie and non-mainstream contenders

Why changes to the primary structure are going to make WH2020 more challenging for Bernie and non-mainstream contenders

Comments 0 Comment

Expect fewer caucuses & big states coming earlier As we look towards 2020 for the next White House Race leading figures within the Democratic party are ready to follow Elizabeth Warren and put their hats into the ring in the battle to be the nominee. Although the primaries will start off, as usual, with the caucasus in Iowa and the full primary in New Hampshire the overall structure is going to be very different this time which could effect the…

Read More Read More

Sanders drops to 6% chance in the WH2020 nominee betting following claims of sexual harassment within his last campaign

Sanders drops to 6% chance in the WH2020 nominee betting following claims of sexual harassment within his last campaign

Comments 0 Comment

Not so long ago Bernie was favourite The question of whether Bernie Sanders will run in WH2020 has been put in doubt following claims by staffers of sexual harassment during his 2016 campaign. Politico is reporting: “…that more than two dozen women and men who worked on Sanders’ 2016 campaign sent a letter last Sunday to senior Sanders officials asking for a meeting to “discuss the issue of sexual violence and harassment on the 2016 campaign, for the purpose of…

Read More Read More

On his first day as a member of the US Senate WH2012 GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, fires a broadside at Donald Trump

On his first day as a member of the US Senate WH2012 GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, fires a broadside at Donald Trump

Comments 0 Comment

Mitt Romney becomes a US senator today and begins with a broadside against Trump in the Washington Post. https://t.co/TGfyp8xxid pic.twitter.com/sk4eYPxjqZ — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 2, 2019 My 50/1 shot to be GOP nominee and 130/1 to win WH2020 In the Midterms in November the former governor of Massachusetts and WH2012 GOP nominee, Mitt Romney was elected with a huge majority to the US Senate for Utah. He takes up that seat today and has an article in the Washington…

Read More Read More

Elizabeth Warren’s WH2020 annoucement is bad news for Bernie

Elizabeth Warren’s WH2020 annoucement is bad news for Bernie

Comments 0 Comment

They both appeal to similar segments of the Dems base The big WH2020 news today is the announcement from Massachusetts Senator, Elizabeth Warren, that she’s putting her hat into the ring for the 2020 Democratic nomination She’s declared that she’s establishing an exploratory committee — the legal precursor to a run. This comes as other candidates, including several of her fellow senators, were reported to be making made final preparations for their own announcements. The news follows speculation that the…

Read More Read More

Bernie Sanders reported to be struggling to hang on to his WH2016 backers as he ponders WH2020

Bernie Sanders reported to be struggling to hang on to his WH2016 backers as he ponders WH2020

Comments 0 Comment

Next year 2019 one of the big US events that will dominate political betting will be the fight for the WH2020 Democratic party nomination. The early polling here is really not that useful because it is mostly about name recognition and one of the big names is Bernie Sanders, the socialist from Vermont. He far exceeded expectations in the Democratic primary battle with Hillary Clinton and the question is whether the 77 year old will throw his hat into the…

Read More Read More

With Trump under pressure there’s just a possibility that Nancy Pelosi could become President in 2019

With Trump under pressure there’s just a possibility that Nancy Pelosi could become President in 2019

Comments 0 Comment

Ladbrokes offered me 200/1 on the possibility This is a remote possibility and the stuff of West Wing but there’s just a chance that the Democrat who’s likely to be elected Speaker of the House next month, Nancy Pelosi, could become president in 2019. Under the US constitution the House Speaker is second in line to succeed the President after the Vice president and it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that events could turn against the incumbent and…

Read More Read More

Beto O’Rourke, third favourite for WH2020, gets closer to putting his hat into the ring

Beto O’Rourke, third favourite for WH2020, gets closer to putting his hat into the ring

Comments 0 Comment

Is he the white Obama? The biggest UK political betting market continues to be the US presidential election in 2020 and overnight there have been big developments with Beto O’Rourke saying that he isn’t rulling out a bid. He had said on repeated occasions that he would not seek the Presidency at the next election but in a town hall meeting last night in his home city of El Paso he suggested that he is now open to a presidential…

Read More Read More