Trump Tanks in Election Betting Odds After Harris Debate
Donald Trump nosedived in several election betting markets after his performance against Kamala Harris in their first presidential debate Tuesday night.
The Republican nominee had a 46.8 percent chance of winning in November compared with Harris’ 51.9 percent as of early Wednesday, according to electionbettingodds.com. The site, which uses odds data from four markets, reported that Trump saw a 3.7 percent decline in the last 24 hours while the vice president surged 4.8 percent.
Trump’s chances of returning to the White House also got longer on Polymarket, the prediction market where users bet cryptocurrencies on who will win the election. Despite Trump being ahead of Harris for the past two weeks, users gave both candidates an equal 49 percent chance of winning as of Wednesday morning. A separate market on the site about who polls will say won the debate currently gives Harris a 99 percent chance.