With the government shutdown over, Donald Trump’s odds reversed course and improved from 2.96X to 2.91X. They are still below where they were three weeks ago (2.90X) and far off where they were prior to the streak (2.43X in mid November).

The trend of recent Senate Democrats announcing their candidacy continued this week with Cory Booker. His odds improved from 36.7X to 32.9X, his highest in 5 weeks. Booker was once thought to be one of the top tier candidates starting the cycle in 5th place but slowly declining. He is currently in 13th place.

Howard Schultz went on 60 Minutes last week to say he was considering running as an independent. The pushback from the left came quick as fears of a run by an independent would help Trump get re-elected. Schultz’s odds improved from 84.5X to 78.1X, and he rose from 29th place to 23rd place. He has been as high as 14th place back in July 2018.

Beto O’Rourke’s odds have been slipping lately. Although he remains in 3rd place overall, his odds have fallen in recent weeks. After peaking at 7.68X four weeks ago, he has now fallen for three straight weeks and is down to 10.1X. These are his lowest odds in 10 weeks. The drop has been caused by both being overshadowed by candidacy announcements from other Democrats as well as some questionable moves.

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