Kamala Harris Maintains Election Odds Lead Over Donald Trump as DNC Begins

📆 8/19/2024 4:43 PM

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📆 8/19/2024 4:43 PM
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The vice president has a higher chance of winning in November, according to users who bet on the platform Polymarket.

Vice President Kamala Harris' odds of defeating former President Donald Trump in November are holding strong as the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago on Monday.According to the betting platform Polymarket, as of 5:15 p.m. ET on Monday, Harris has a 50 percent chance of beating her Republican rival on Election Day. Trump was given a 48 percent chance of winning his reelection bid.

Meanwhile, FiveThirtyEight's average gives Harris a slightly larger lead, with the vice president winning 46.7 percent compared to Trump's 43.8 percent across national polls as of Monday. In an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos survey that was released on Sunday, Harris was given a 6 percent lead among likely voters based on the response of 2,336 U.S. adults. The poll's margin of error was 2 percentage points.

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