Surprising Odds Movement After Donald Trump’s Assassination Attempt

The FBI is investigating another assassination attempt on 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump that occurred on Sunday.
Political betting odds surprisingly moved even more in favor of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, who now has -400 odds to win the popular vote.
After the first failed assassination of Trump, his odds to win the 2024 US Presidential Election went from +110 to -280 back in July.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Sunday marked the second attempt to take former president Donald Trump’s life in less than three months. However, the reaction from presidential election betting sites was much different this time around.

Donald Trump’s odds to win the 2024 US Presidential Election remained the same, positioned at -105 odds behind Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’s favored -115 odds. Trump’s odds to win the popular vote actually got longer after surviving the second assassination attempt, moving from +250 to +275 odds.

Harris More Likely To Win Popular Vote After Trump’s Assassination Attempt

Kamala Harris’s legal sports betting odds to win the popular vote moved from -350 to -400 over the weekend. It’s a surprising shift compared to the last time someone aimed a rifle at Trump, which made him the favorite to win this year’s presidential election.

Although it was a different race with Joe Biden still running at that time, Trump’s odds to win the presidential election went from +110 to -280 after surviving the first assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in July. Trump was also favored to win the popular vote days after the incident, but that’s not the case after Sunday’s attempt to take the former president’s life.

The FBI claims that it “appears to be an attempted assassination” that occurred on Sunday at one of Trump’s Florida golf courses. US Secret Service agents shot at a man aiming a rifle through the bushes at Trump, who eventually fled the scene before being taken into custody.

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Zachary Kelley

Zach graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Writing, Editing, and Media. Zach is interested in the legalization aspect of sports betting and enjoys participating in DFS. He has a passion for sports writing and most enjoys writing about football and baseball both professional and collegiate.