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Updated Weekly Odds: New Highs for Trump and Sanders; Big Drops for Clinton, Cruz, and Christie

There was a lot of movement after the last Republican debate and two weeks before the Iowa caucus.

Hillary Clinton saw a big drop from 66.6% to 59.4%.  That is the single biggest move of anyone any time during this campaign.  This is the lowest she has been since the end of October and prior to that had been up in 14 of the last 15 weeks.  She is still comfortably in first place however.

The biggest move up was by Donald Trump.  He is now in second place overall jumping over Marco Rubio.  He was up 4.6% to 13%.  His previous high was at 8.5% back in the middle of September.

Rubio dropped 0.2% to 9%.  This is his seventh straight drop and the lowest he has been since end of October.

Bernie Sanders saw a similar pop to Trump.  He was up from 2.8% to 7.2%.  This is his highest mark, with his previous high coming at 6% in October.

Ted Cruz saw the second biggest declining dropping from 5.1% to 4.3%. This was his third straight drop and his lowest mark since the middle of December.

Jeb Bush finally saw a slight increase after dropping for 5 straight weeks.  He was up 0.2% to 2.5%, his highest in nearly a month.

Chris Christie was the third candidate to see a big decline.  He dropped from 1.7% to 1.2%.  He has now declined for three straight weeks and is at his lowest point since the end of November.  Despite the drop, he remains in 7th place.

The man to keep an eye on is Michael Bloomberg.  Although his odds have not increased much, he has risen in the standings as others have fallen.  He is now in 8th place overall at 0.4%.

Here are the full standings:

January 16 2016 pres odds

 

 

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Updated Weekly Odds: Clinton and Cruz Cool Down; Trump and Sanders Close Gap; Rubio Continues Downward Trend

Hillary Clinton snapped her streak of thirteen straight weeks at the top with a small 0.3% decline to 65.9%. She still leads her next closest competitor by over 55%!

Marco Rubio continues to be in second place but the question is for how long.  He drops for the fifth straight week, down 0.4% to 9.4%.  His lead over the third place candidate, Donald Trump, has shrunk from a high of 5.5% in November to the current 1.5%.

Trump has been doing his part to close the gap as well.  He was up 0.6% to 7.9%.  This was his third straight increase and the highest he has been since the middle of September.

The hottest candidate had been Ted Cruz.  Prior to this week he was up for fourteen straight weeks.  That came to an end as he dropped 0.1% to 5.3%.  He remains solidly in 4th place.

Bernie Sanders, who prior to this week had dropped for nine straight weeks turned it around this week with a 0.3% increase to 2.5%.  He passes Jeb Bush for 5th place.

Due to the drops from the second tier candidates, Michael Bloomberg, who has not announced he is running is now in 9th place at 0.3%.

Here are the full standings:

January 2 2016 pres odds

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Update Weekly Odds: Clinton and Cruz Continue Hot Streaks; Rubio Down; Graham Out

Hillary Clinton continued to add to her enormous lead increasing 1.2% to 66.2%.  She has now been up for thirteen straight weeks.

Clinton’s closest competitor is Marco Rubio.  Rubio dropped 0.9% to 9.8%.  That is his fourth straight drop from a high of 12.2% the end of November.

Donald Trump continues to be in third place up 0.1% to 7.3%.  Trump has been in the 7%-7.3% the last five weeks.

The hottest candidate has been Ted Cruz.  He was up 0.5% this week to 5.4%.  Cruz has now been up the last 14 weeks from a mere 0.8%!

Jeb Bush and Bernie Sanders round out the top 6 but both have been cold lately.  Both drop 0.1% with Bush now at 2.4% and Sanders at 2.2%.

Lindsey Graham withdrew from the race.  He was never a factor, reaching his highest point in the middle of November at 23rd place, well behind people who have not even declared.

Here is the full list:

December 26 2015 pres odds

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