Michelle Obama Odds to Become Next US President Shortened Following Trump Landslide Iowa Win

The political world has their heads spinning Wednesday after BetOnline released shock odds on Michelle Obama to become the next President of the United States.  At 9-1 odds, the former First Lady's odds were third shortest after the the former US President Donald Trump at EVEN odds and current President Joe Biden at 2/1.  They are half that of former US Ambassador Nikki Haley.

But Does She Want the Job?

There is little doubt Michelle Obama is popular among large swaths of people but does she have any desire to become President, especially in these polarizing times?

The former First Lady may be viewing it as her mission as many Democrats worry Biden's message is not resonating.

“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”

“The fact that people think that government — ‘eh, does it really even do anything?’ — and I’m like ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us, and we cannot take this democracy for granted.’ And I worry sometimes that we do. Those are the things that keep me up,” she said.

“Are people going to vote, and why aren’t people voting?”

“Those are the things that keep me up, because you don’t have control over them. And you wonder: ‘Where are we in this? Where are our hearts?’” she said.

Former Fox News personality and conservative political commentator Megyn Kelly has said Michelle Obama is more talented politically than Biden.

Odds to Become the Next President

2024 U.S. President Odds                     

Donald Trump Sr.          1/1

Joe Biden                      2/1

Michelle Obama            9/1

Nikki Haley                   16/1

Gavin Newsom              20/1

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.    22/1

Kamala Harris               40/1

Ron DeSantis                50/1

Mark Cuban                  60/1

Elizabeth Warren          80/1

Joe Manchin                 100/1

Dean Phillips                 125/1

Gretchen Whitmer        125/1

Hillary Clinton               150/1

Amy Klobuchar             200/1

Michael Bloomberg       200/1

Tucker Carlson              200/1

Liz Cheney                    250/1

Michael Johnson           250/1

Bernie Sanders              300/1

Pete Buttigieg               300/1

Andrew Yang                500/1

Deion Sanders               500/1

Donald Trump Jr.          500/1

George Clooney            500/1

Ivanka Trump                500/1

Kanye West                  500/1

Marianne Williamson    500/1

Asa Hutchinson             1000/1

Joe Rogan                     1000/1

Mark Zuckerberg           1000/1

Meghan Markle            1000/1

Oprah Winfrey              1000/1

                       

Republican Nominee Odds                   

Donald Trump Sr.          1/15

Nikki Haley                   7/1

Ron DeSantis                35/1

Tucker Carlson              125/1

Donald Trump Jr.          300/1

Ivanka Trump                300/1

Asa Hutchinson             500/1

                       

Democratic Nominee Odds                  

Joe Biden                      1/5

Michelle Obama            6/1

Gavin Newsom              8/1

Kamala Harris               15/1

Elizabeth Warren          40/1

Dean Phillips                 65/1

Gretchen Whitmer        65/1

Amy Klobuchar             125/1

Hillary Clinton               125/1

Pete Buttigieg               175/1

J.B. Pritzker                   200/1

Bernie Sanders              300/1

Cory Booker                  300/1

Jared Polis                    300/1

Michael Bloomberg       300/1

Sherrod Brown              300/1

A. Ocasio-Cortez           500/1

Beto O'Rourke              500/1

Eric Adams                    500/1

Marianne Williamson    500/1

Stacey Abrams              500/1

                       

Democratic Vice President Odds                      

Kamala Harris               1/4

Gavin Newsom              13/2

Susan Rice                    17/2

Michelle Obama            9/1

Amy Klobuchar             25/1

Gretchen Whitmer        28/1

Elizabeth Warren          33/1

Pete Buttigieg               40/1

Cory Booker                  80/1

Liz Cheney                    100/1

Beto O'Rourke              200/1

Joe Manchin                 200/1

Stacey Abrams              200/1

A. Ocasia-Cortez            500/1

Katie Porter                  500/1

Tim Ryan                      500/1

                       

Republican Vice President Odds                       

Kristi Noem                   7/2

Elise Stefanik                11/2

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.    8/1

Tucker Carlson              8/1

Ben Carson                   9/1

Nikki Haley                   12/1

Vivek Ramaswamy        12/1

Mike Flynn Sr.               14/1

J.D. Vance                     22/1

Byron Donalds              25/1

Kari Lake                       25/1

Nancy Mace                  25/1

Tim Scott                      25/1

Tulsi Gabbard               28/1

S. Huckabee Sanders     33/1

Joni Ernst                      40/1

Marjorie Taylor Greene 40/1

Marsha Blackburn         50/1

Henry McMaster           65/1

Ron DeSantis                65/1

Candace Owens            75/1

Ivanka Trump                75/1

Glenn Youngkin             100/1

Jim Jordan                    100/1

Kim Reynolds                100/1

Tom Cotton                  100/1

Brian Kemp                   125/1

Cindy Hyde-Smith         125/1

Josh Hawley                  125/1

Donald Trump Jr.          150/1

Chris Christie                200/1

Liz Cheney                    200/1

Mike Pence                   200/1

Marco Rubio                 300/1

Ted Cruz                       300/1

Doug Burgum               500/1

Joe Rogan                     500/1

Lauren Boebert             500/1

Matt Gaetz                   500/1

Mitt Romney                500/1

Sarah Palin                   500/1

Jared Kushner               1000/1

Lindsey Graham                        1000/1

Steve Bannon               1000/1

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