Clinton and Trump should be even hotter favourites tonight if the 11 Super Tuesday primaries go according to the polls

Clinton and Trump should be even hotter favourites tonight if the 11 Super Tuesday primaries go according to the polls

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March opens in the 2016 White House Race with primaries in 11 different systems including big ones such as Texas, Minesota and Massachusetts. Texas is the one which will get the most focus because it is the home state of Ted Cruz. He has to win there to even have slim hopes of making it to the nomination. Cruz has said putting pressure on himself: “There is no doubt, any candidate who cannot win his home state has real problems”…

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The task for Corbyn’s LAB on May 5th: Match previous opposition leaders in non general election years

The task for Corbyn’s LAB on May 5th: Match previous opposition leaders in non general election years

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Alastair Meeks wonders whether the LEAVE campaign has already sunk

Alastair Meeks wonders whether the LEAVE campaign has already sunk

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Embed from Getty Images BREXIT messaging has gone all over the place The referendum polling generally shows the EU hardly enthuses.  Yet Remain is still ahead in most of the polls.  One of the Leave campaign’s weaknesses is that there is as yet no agreement about what a vote for Leave stands for.  Many of the proposed answers are mutually inconsistent.  What should the intending Leave voter expect?  Here are some of the possibilities. Voting Leave doesn’t really mean Exit:…

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Two months before the 2011 AV referendum the polls were pointing to a YES victory

Two months before the 2011 AV referendum the polls were pointing to a YES victory

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QSaw  NO2AV won by 35.8% The table shows the published AV referendum polls for February/early March in 2011 about two months before the election in early May. As can be seen  all the online polls had leads for the YES camp. The only phone poll, ICM, had it level-pegging. Unlike the EU Referendum there was much less interest and awareness and, of course, these  were carried out before the Cameron-approved anti-Clegg attack adds that dominated the final period. But the…

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Never mind Super Tuesday, get ready for Mega March

Never mind Super Tuesday, get ready for Mega March

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In three weeks’ time, the nominations could be locked up The preliminaries are all but over with the first phase of the presidential primaries doing the job assigned them: knocking out (most of) the also-rans and narrowing the field to the serious contenders and the hobby-horseists. The game of musical chairs that is Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada left Huckabee, Fiorina, Christie, Bush, Rand Paul, Santorum and O’Malley all standing after the music stopped. Thank you and good…

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Enter the Politicalbetting Prize Referendum competition

Enter the Politicalbetting Prize Referendum competition

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Predict the LEAVE and turnout percentages to 2 decimal points Win a £250 free bet at William Hill Using the bespoke NoJam template you will need to enter the LEAVE and turnout pecentage down to decimal points The prize will go to the person with the smallest overall error. I am delighted to announce that William Hill has once again agreed to provide a competition prize of a free bet for £250. If the winner does not have an account…

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The latest betting tips from Alastair Meeks

The latest betting tips from Alastair Meeks

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Let’s go outside. Betting strategies in a tinderbox  Sometimes a lot of knowledge is a dangerous thing.  You can get very bogged down in the minutiae and ignore the big picture.  And right now, there are precisely three important things going on in British politics. Labour are divided and moving leftwards under their new leader, to the horror of most of their MPs. The Conservatives are divided with a large chunk of the party wishing to move rightwards as a result…

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Michael Gove could be set to play the role of Brutus to David Cameron’s Caesar

Michael Gove could be set to play the role of Brutus to David Cameron’s Caesar

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Video: The assassination of Julius Caesar and which has served as guide for The Tory Party in the past on deposing leaders. Nota bene, the video contains graphic violence not suitable for minors nor those of a delicate disposition. The Tory Party has a ruthless tradition of deposing leaders even the electorally successful ones, unlike most parties, the Tory party has a history of stabbing their leaders not in the back, but usually in the front, very publicly. Boris Johnson…

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