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In a close race for the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are nearly tied in Polymarket’s latest poll on Monday with Trump leading by just 1%.
According to the prediction market’s website, Donald Trump boasts 50% of all votes, while Harris has secured 49%.
Harris was reportedly leading in Polymarket’s bet just last week but was eventually overtaken by her opponent ahead of the weekend. By Sunday, the two were once again tied, each splitting 50% of the votes.
The dramatic polling developments come just days after third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign and endorsed Donald Trump at an Arizona rally on Friday.
“We’re both in to do what’s right for the country,” Trump said of RFK Jr. while addressing the campaign stop’s audience.
The Independent Party hopeful had been struggling to find his footing in an ever-narrowing contention between Harris and Donald Trump ahead of his withdrawal from the race.
His decision to support Trump caused controversy this past week, with his historically Democratic family releasing a statement denouncing Kennedy’s decision.
I am sharing a personal statement that my family and I have made in response to my brother’s announcement. pic.twitter.com/j7vTTabNYZ
“Our brother Bobby’s decision to endorse Trump today betrays the values that our father and our family hold most dear,” their message reads. “It is a sad ending to a sad story.”
Meanwhile, Harris charged full steam ahead in her campaign, officially accepting her party’s nomination at the Democratic National
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