Biden Trails Trump in Critical Swing States
The betting over the next year will be record breaking as politics takes center stage with the 2024 U.S. general election. We have all the latest political gambling news with all odds courtesy of BetOnline.
Biden Trails Trump in Critical Swing States
WASHINGTON, DC (Gambling911.com) - Democratic President Joe Biden trails Republican front runner Donald Trump in five of the six most important battleground states exactly a year before the U.S. election as Americans express doubts about Biden's age and dissatisfaction toward his handling of the economy, polls released on Sunday showed, as reported by Reuters.
The New York Times and Siena College conducted the recent poll.
The poll shows that Trump is ahead in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania, with Biden ahead in Wisconsin.
Trump now leads by an average of 48% to 44% in the six states, the polls showed.
"Predictions more than a year out tend to look a little different a year later. Don't take our word for it: Gallup predicted an 8 point loss for President Obama only for him to win handedly a year later," Biden campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz said in a statement, referring to Democrat Barack Obama's 2012 victory over Republican Mitt Romney.
Munoz added that Biden's campaign "is hard at work reaching and mobilizing our diverse, winning coalition of voters one year out on the choice between our winning, popular agenda and MAGA (Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan) Republicans' unpopular extremism. We'll win in 2024 by putting our heads down and doing the work, not by fretting about a poll."
A YouGov poll conducted October 30 through November 3 showed Trump up 3 points on Biden.
BetOnline currently had the Democrats as a -110 to take the White House and Republicans at EVEN odds.
- Updated November 5, 4:48 pm
Oddsmakers Take Notice as RFK Jr. Gets Quarter of Voter Approval
WASHINGTON, DC (Gambling911.com) - A Quinnipiac University poll this week showed attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was receiving 22 percent of support for the 2024 general election. The former Democrat is now an Independent and there are some concerns he's going to siphon away more votes from Trump than Biden.
Case in point, That same poll shows that current U.S. President Joe Biden would take 39 percent of the vote, and former U.S. President Donald Trump would come away with 36 percent when RFK Jr. is added to the equation. Independents, who make up the largest voting block, backed the American environmental lawyer 36 percent chose him, compared with 31 percent for Trump and 30 percent for Biden.
BetOnline is offering odds for RFK Jr. to be elected next President in 2024 set at 16-1.
- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com
