Like many Americans, I was out all day on Sunday watching football. Slowly but surely, I started getting lots of emails about Hillary’s health. Figuring something was up, I finished watching the first set of games, and then went home and checked out what happened. Once I read the news and found out what occurred, like those who had contacted me, I wondered what the effect the presidential election would be.
So where did I look? If you’ve read my previous content on where to find the real odds, you already know: I went straight to Betfair, and checked out the US election odds. As the news got digested by the oddsmakers, and real money was moved around and the odds repriced, the odds for Sanders, Biden, and Kaine began increasing. The odds for Trump moved up just a touch, but not nearly as much as many who contacted me thought they would.
As of 9/12/2016 at 11:20AM EST, the odds were as seen below:
I’ll put the numbers in percentage terms of chance to win the election, to simplify. All percentages are approximates:
