There were some interesting stats out of the USA this week, which points strongly to incumbent President Donald Trump winning the 2020 Election. It was reported that the controversial 72-year-old has been backed more times by US punters across the country than any other potential contender.
US Presidential Election 2020 Winner Odds
Donald Trump 6/4
Kamala Harris 8/1
Elizabeth Warren 10/1
Bernie Sanders 12/1
Mike Pence 12/1
Joe Biden 16/1
Cory Booker 16/1
Beto O’Rourke 18/1
Michael Bloomberg 20/1
Kirsten Gillibrand 25/1
40/1 bar
* (betting odds taken from bet365 on October 18th, 2018 at 8:48 pm)
He has been favoured by punters in 94% of all states. This has all been counted from bet slip clicks over a seven day period, and 62% of those clicks were backing Trump getting into office again. Trump is now into 6/4 from 2/1 at bet365 to win the 2020 US Presidential election* (betting odds taken on October 18th, 2018 at 8:48 pm).
The only states where punters were not favouring him were Alabama, Utah and West Virginia. That’s a pretty big shift towards favouritism for him, especially as less than a couple of months ago he had the odds slashed on impeachment against him.
The person who has been closest to Trump in terms of bet clicks has been Democrat Elizabeth Warren who is a 10/1 odds in the US Presidential Election 2020 winner market. She took 14% of the clicks in the seven day period. Kamala Harris is actually the 8/1 second favourite in the market* (betting odds taken on October 18th, 2018 at 8:48 pm), the attorney taking 9% of all punting interest.
While of course at the end of the day this is just punters clicking around on bet slips and has no direct correlation to actual voting, of course, there is a trend. At the 2016 election, despite being a heavy underdog to Hillary Clinton, Trump received more bet slip clicks ahead of the election than his opponent did. He got into office.
