Kamala Harris And Donald Trump Tied Presidency Odds In Polymarket Bet
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Presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump are officially tied in a Polymarket bet predicting the 2024 U.S. presidential election winner, the prediction market’s website shows.
According to a bet entitled “Presidential Election Winner 2024,” Trump and Harris are tied, with each receiving 49 percent of the vote.
The remaining 2 percent of votes have gone to several notable U.S. political figures with slim odds of winning this year’s election given the fact that some are not even running. Names in this category include former first lady Hillary Clinton, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump at times trailed Harris by an entire percentage at points on Thursday, the first time he formally has been behind the current U.S. vice president since polling on the prediction market began.
But it’s not just Polymarket betting trends the former reality television has to worry about.
Harris is now leading several of the latest national polls, a first since U.S. President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the race last month.
The two Oval Office hopefuls will go head to head in a televised debate on ABC News on September 10, marking the first time the two leading challengers will debate following Biden’s dismal showing against Trump this past June.
With 20% of voters in this year’s swing states noting that crypto is a major issue when considering which candidate to vote for, digital assets are already playing a critical
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