Tight race? Prediction markets show Donald Trump romping away to victory in US elections
US elections 2024 are just a couple of weeks away now, with the polling set to begin on November 5. In the meantime, multiple poll data across the battleground states, as well as from the national level, suggest that Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are extremely close to each other in terms of the contest. With some pollsters gunning for a Harris victory, based on their data at hand, others, especially, the prediction markets are going gaga over Donald Trump and his prospects of emerging victorious in the upcoming US elections.
US election results: What is Polymarket's prediction?
The US election results are still more than a few weeks away to be public, but Polymarket, which is a cryptocurrency-based prediction marketplace, is steadily claiming that Donald Trump has a higher chance of emerging as the winner of the upcoming US polls 2024. According to Polymarket, things are much more poised to go Trump's way, even in some of the key swing states, where the odds in favor of Trump are heavier.
Since real money is involved in these circumstances, the odds of people believing in the prediction markets is quite high. Even though these prediction sites have been in the market for quite some time now, its importance has suddenly risen amid the intensity around the US elections.
Trump vs Harris: PredictIt claiming a very close fight
Based on PredictIt' latest data, they are claiming that it is going to be a very close battle between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, but people are placing more of their money on Donald Trump
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