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2020 Weekly Odds, Biden 2020, Bloomberg 2020, ORourke 2020, Trump 2020

Donald Trump’s Odds Lowest in 6 Months; O’Rourke Close to Taking 2nd Place; Biden “Most Qualified” for President; Bloomberg Meets with Iowa Democrats

Donald Trump’s odds dropped for the fourth straight week moving from 2.56X to 2.61X.  These are his lowest odds in 6 months.  He is still higher than his lowest odds of this cycle which were at 3.46X  in September 2017.

The hottest name continues to be Beto O’Rourke.  His odds rose once again, this time from 9.37X to 8.22X.  He is very close to passing Kamala Harris for second place overall.  Kamala Harris is at 7.86X, and has been improving each week, but not at the pace of O’Rourke.  O’Rourke landed a big Obama fundraiser this week. 

Joe Biden is “the most qualified person in the country to be president”……this according to Joe Biden. His odds jumped from 19.3X to 16.9X. This was enough to jump Elizabeth Warren for 4th place overall.  These are his highest odds in 3 months.

Michael Bloomberg continues to take small steps that signal he’s running.  This week, he met privately with top Iowa Democrats. His odds improved once again, this time from 32.6X to 30.2X.  That was enough to move him to 8th place overall.

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2020 Weekly Odds, Kerry 2020, Landrieu 2020, ORourke 2020, Trump 2020

Trump’s odds decline for third straight week and are lowest since June; Beto mania continues with invitation to NH; Landrieu’s odds rise despite denials of running; Kerry not ruling a run out

Donald Trump’s odds declined for a third straight week coming in at 2.56X down from 2.53X.  The 2.56X are Trump’s worst odds in  25 weeks (beginning of June).  He is still more than three times the odds of the next closest candidate, Kamala Harris at 8.03X.

Enthusiasm for Beto O’Rourke  continues as Democrats from New Hampshire become the latest to invite him to the speak. His odds took another jump improving to 9.4X from 11.0X.  He only made his debut in the odds 15 weeks ago after his answer to the football players kneeling went viral.  That debut was in 15th place at 54.7X.

Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu continues to say he’s not running and that he’s too much of a centrist.   His odds continue to improve however, coming in at 87.8X up from 97.9X, improving his standing from 47th place to 37th.  This is the highest he has been this cycle.

Former Democratic nominee John Kerry said he is thinking about running.  His odds improved from 131.4X to 104.2X, leading to a jump from 69th place to 50th place.  His comments made it seem like running would be dependent on whether others that he sees as qualified (Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg) run.

This wait and see strategy seems to be the attitude of dozens of other candidates on the Democratic side.  It will be interesting to see which candidates announce first and how it impacts others.  So far there are only two major Democratic candidates that have formally filed, and both are long shots: John Delaney announced in 2017 (currently 73rd place) and Richard Ojeda who announced a few weeks back (currently 29th place).

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2020 Weekly Odds, Brown 2020, Castro 2020, Clinton 2020, Trump 2020

Trump sees small dip in odds; Democrats split on whether Clinton should run again; Sherrod Brown’s post election momentum continues; Julian Castro not wasting any timing in courting donors and staff

Donald Trump’s Odds dipped slightly this past week from 2.43X to 2.49X.  That is in line with his average over the last three months of 2.50X.  He remains more than three times as likely to get elected as his next closest competitor.

A former Hillary Clinton adviser wrote a WSJ op-ed that Clinton will run again in 2020.  That possibility seems to have split Democrats, as pleads for her not to run also sprung up. The mere possibility of another run did help her odds jump from 58.8X to 51.9X .  This moved her from 18th place to 15th.  This is the highest position she’s been in since late January.

We mentioned last week the big winner coming out of the election (aside from O’Rourke’s crazy jump in odds following his loss) appeared to be OH Senator Sherrod Brown.  His hot streak continued as his odds improved once again from 54.7X to 43.5X.  He is now in 13th place overall, and his betting odds are the highest they’ve been since September ’17.

Julian Castro is wasting no time in his preparations for a 2020 run, as he began courting both donors and staff. His odds jumped from 84.3X to 71.7X moving him from 30th place to 23rd, his highest since August.

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