Har­ris becomes bet­ting mar­ket favorite for first time after Walz pick

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Harris becomes betting market favorite for first time after Walz pick

Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris has moved into the bet­ting lead for the first time since being ele­vat­ed to the top of the ticket.Harris has a 50.7% chance to be elect­ed pres­i­dent, while for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump sits at a 47.9% chance to win the elec­tion, accord­ing to the Real Clear Pol­i­tics bet­ting aver­age on Thursday.Thursday marked the first time Har­ris has been the bet­ting favorite to win the elec­tion, while it’s also the first time the Demo­c­ra­t­ic tick­et has been favored over Trump since May 1st, when Pres­i­dent Biden was still in the race. On that day, Biden held a nar­row 42.3% to 42.2% advan­tage in the Real Clear Pol­i­tics bet­ting average.KAMALA HARRIS AND HER NEWLY NAMED RUNNING MATE KI …