U of A Professor Predicts: Rubio likely to win GOP nomination, but will lose to Clinton
By Jeremy Gray | jgray@al.com
Tuscaloosa, AL For the 35th year, professors at The University of Alabama are offering "educated guesses" about what will happen in the year to come.
Perhaps most notable among the 2016 predictions is the assertion by Richard Fording, UA's chair of the political science department, that Donald Trump's presidential campaign may soon run out of steam.
"Donald Trump will make a strong run for the Republican nomination for president, but eventually he will fall short as the Republican establishment rallies around one candidate, with Marco Rubio being the most likely," Fording predicts.
"However, none of this will matter, because Hillary Clinton will be easily elected in November as our next president and our first woman in the Oval Office."
Here are the other educated guesses for 2016:
Package Delivery by Drones Closer to Reality Hints of Sparkle Await the Daring in 2016 States Likely to Loosen Restrictions for Online Fantasy Sports GOP to Hold On to Congress Reports of Cyber Attacks Will Grow Push to Expand Medicaid in Alabama Fast Food to Continue Transformation to Fast Casual Foreign Policy to Take a Back Seat in Presidential Race In-state Jobs to Increase by 1 Percent Regulations, Cheap Natural Gas Mean No Return to Coal