Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumBloomberg surges to 2nd place in the betting markets
Americans may not be betting on Michael Bloomberg yet, but betting markets still think he's got a chance.
The former New York City mayor has totally leapfrogged former Vice President Joe Biden in an average of betting markets, RealClearPolitics' average shows. Bloomberg has a 19 percent chance of winning, per ElectionBettingOdds.com, while PredictIt's betting market gives Bloomberg a 23-cent "yes" price to Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) 43 cents.
Bloomberg's rise coincides with a major drop in Biden's betting chances, likely stemming from the former vice president's dismal performance in Monday's Iowa caucuses. Even former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has come close to surpassing Biden in RealClearPolitics' average, and he did so decisively on PredictIt. Still, ElectionBettingOdds.com has President Trump with the best chance of winning the whole election this fall, giving him a 59.5 percent chance to Sanders' 14.8 percent and Bloomberg's 10 percent.
The Biden drop was also good news for Sanders. He surpassed Biden on the betting markets in late January, and is now far and away the top candidate to win the Democratic nomination. Sanders, and according to RealClearPolitics' betting markets average, no top-ranking candidate has put that much space between themselves and second place since Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) bump in October of last year.
https://news.yahoo.com/michael-bloomberg-surges-2nd-place-214900988.html
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
McKim
(2,412 posts)Bloomberg and Sanders would make a great president and Vice President if they could work together! We need to come together. Also I Would love Bloomberg and Warren as a team. Think creatively!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Nt
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Bloomberg thinks 'outside the box'.
I'd like him to choose Gavin Newsom, Governor of California.
A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019
and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
He was sworn in as Governor of California on January 7, 2019.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
still_one
(92,344 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden