Vice President Kamala Harris did not win over election gamblers, who drove her chances of victory down further.
Among two of the largest election gambling aggregate sites, former President Donald Trump now holds his biggest advantage in weeks.
Mark Mitchell, the head pollster at Rasmussen Reports, made a comment on X that echoed many suggesting that Harris did little to expand her base.
“Did Harris realize she was supposed to be picking up new voters? Because that’s not what she did,” he wrote.
The betting markets don’t like the interview clips this morning. pic.twitter.com/ECQgQm5I3E
— Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports (@Mark_R_Mitchell) October 17, 2024
Mitchell showed one of the odds aggregator charts from Polymarket.com that put Trump’s chances of victory next month at 61.3% to 38.6% for Harris.
Ahead of her interview with Fox News tonight, Harris’ odds (+130) have slumped to the lowest they’ve been since the end of July, shortly after Biden announced he was dropping out of the race.https://t.co/C8qlAIxtjE
— Pete Watt (@WattAreTheOdds) October 16, 2024
At Bet365 from Covers, the odds for Trump were 61.9% and Harris 43.4%, following the 26-minute interview by Fox newsman Bret Baier.
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Trump’s lead in the betting polls was higher just before President Joe Biden bowed out of his reelection and endorsed Harris. As that duel began, their odds became even, but they have recently separated.
Several national polls have shown Trump gaining, with some showing Trump in the lead. Rasmussen, for example, is now conducting a daily election poll, and it has Trump up by 1 point, 48%-47% nationally.