January 2008 - US Politics

Presidential Election Odds: Edwards drops out of race

Democrat John Edwards drops out of race ahead of Super Tuesday. Will he endorse Obama?...

Election odds: McCain wins Florida as Giuliani expected to drop out

John McCain beat Mitt Romney by five points while Giuliani finished a weak third...

Election betting: Will Bloomberg run?

Speculation is rife that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will run for President this year as an independent. Politics betting expert Michael Robb looks at whether or not this is likely and what the impact...

Presidential Primaries: Betting outlook for the week ahead

Michael Robb takes a look ahead to the Florida primaries......

US election odds: Could John McCain be the next President?

Politics betting and odds experts Chicken Dinner take us through John McCain's chances of being next in line to choose the decor in the Oval Office...

Clinton wins Nevada while McCain marches on

Clinton now 1.55 to seal Democratic nomination......

US Elections: The race for the Republican nomination

The Obama/Clinton contest has taken the shine off the Republican race to date, but there are four candidates with genuine chances of winning. The politics betting men at Chicken Dinner analyse the field......

Strong Michigan showing for Romney keeps him in race

Romney wins, McCain second and Giuliani finishes adrift in sixth place...

Primary farce for Democrats as Hillary wins one horse race

What has really been highlighted by the Democrats in Michigan is the pointlessness of holding a primary there at all......

Election odds: The Republican race so far

The Republican race is even more competitive than the Democrats with four candidates in with a real chance of victory. We take a look at what has happened in the Betfair market so far......

What the betting markets say about the Clinton/Obama contest

The topsy-turvy race for the Democrats has been reflected by the Betfair markets, with both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton taking turns as the customers' favorite...

Presidential Primaries: Betting outlook for the week ahead

Betfair's Michael Robb takes a look at the week ahead across the pond...

How much of a disaster is Barack Obama's shock defeat in New Hampshire?

Chicken Dinner take a look at the prospects for the rest of the campaign...

Shock Clinton victory blows race wide open

Politics betting: New Hampshire done and dusted

Betfair's politics expert Michael Robb takes a look ahead to tonight's New Hampshire primary and how the betting has unfolded so far...

The Implications of Iowa: two schools of thought

Chickendinner take a look at why the result of the Iowa caucus has significant implications for the candidates, and why it does not......