Trump Surged Ahead Of Harris In Betting Markets During DNC
Charlie Kirk Staff
08/24/2024

Former President Donald Trump has gotten more fantastic news for his candidacy.
The online betting platform PolyMarket shows that Trump surged ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris, Fox Business reported.
“Trump, who was surpassed by Harris in the prediction markets a week ago, has regained his position as the frontrunner on PolyMarket, where traders on Wednesday gave him a 52% chance of winning the 2024 presidential election. Harris’ odds dropped to 47%. Last week, the site had Harris beating Trump, 51% to 46%,” the report said.
As of Saturday the former president is ahead of the vice president 50 – 49.
The former president’s odds increased on another gambling platform, BetUS, though he slightly trailed Harris 52.38% to 54.55%, and gaining as of Wednesday.
“My pure speculation might be that the betting public believes that having to revise down payroll growth by 818,000 jobs — that’s 818,000 fewer jobs than reported earlier — could hurt Harris,” BetUS director of public relations Tim Williams said to FOX Business.
And it is not only the betting markets that have moved in favor of the former president.
Top pollster Frank Luntz confirmed a terrifying scenario for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrat Party.
The endorsement of former President Donald Trump by RFK Jr. could be what gives him the votes needed for victory.
“It’s probably worth about 1% for Trump and that 1% could be everything if it’s in the swing states. In the end, the reason why Kennedy was drawing 10, 12, even as high as 14% is because he was taking votes away from Joe Biden. Joe Biden’s gone. Kamala Harris has replaced him, and [RFK’s] vote collapsed down to about 4 or 5% and what’s left is a Trump vote,” the pollster said when he appeared on NewsNation after the endorsement and spoke to host Leland Vittert.
He said it is likely that the remaining Kennedy votes will go to the former president, but some will simply not vote.
“Some of them are simply not going to participate in November. Roughly two to one, the ones who are remaining will vote for Trump over Harris and that’s worth a single percent and that single percent can make the difference in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin,” the pollster said.