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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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DanTex

(20,709 posts)
1. Predictit, where you can actually place bets, has different numbers.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:28 PM
Feb 2020
https://www.predictit.org/markets/1/US-Elections

I wonder why that website created by John Stossel would have better numbers for Trump and worse for Bernie?
If I were to vote in a presidential
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RandySF

(58,884 posts)
3. Trump .49, Sanders .27
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:30 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
5. Yeah, pretty big difference.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:32 PM
Feb 2020

I don't know where Stossel is getting his data, I mean I doubt he's going in a jiggering the numbers by hand. But it is a little weird that the Stossel numbers have Sanders at 10 points lower and Trump at 5 points higher.

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empedocles

(15,751 posts)
7. 49% to 27% is a . . . 'pretty big difference'
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:36 PM
Feb 2020
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DanTex

(20,709 posts)
8. That's because the primaries aren't over yet.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:37 PM
Feb 2020

Bernie is the most likely Democrat to win, followed by Biden. Obviously none of the Democrats are going to have as high odds as Trump, because the primary isn't over yet, and for a Dem to win they have to first win the primary.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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David__77

(23,418 posts)
2. 2020 Election: Trump 53.5%, Biden 13.0%
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:29 PM
Feb 2020

...

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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KPN

(15,646 posts)
4. You left out that Biden's chance of winning the 2020 Election was 13.0%. So it should have been:
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:31 PM
Feb 2020
Democratic Nomination:
Sanders 36.2%
Biden 30.1%

2020 Election:
Trump 53.7%
Sanders 16.1%

Biden 13%


Some additional tidbits/info:

- Current Vegas odds show Yang as being the only clearcut favorite to beat TRump.
- Hillary was a huge favorite over tRump before the election and through the day of the election -- until results began to come in and the odds started moving away from her to tRump.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

RandySF

(58,884 posts)
9. I excluded Biden because Sanders has the higher odds of nomination.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:38 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

KPN

(15,646 posts)
11. Well, that maybe so, but it is misinformational by leaving him out of the second set of figures.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 06:03 PM
Feb 2020

So I helped you out and provided that information. ... I also edited my post to add a couple of other pieces of info I thought were relevant for folks to know.

My advice to everyone: take Vegas odds with a grain of salt and GOTV/Vote Blue no matter who in the GE. Every one of our candidates is a God-send compared to the foul, filthy criminal pig we have occupying the WH right now.

Biden will have my support and assistance 110% should he win the nomination.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
6. Thats is exactly why they want Sanders....
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 05:34 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

KPN

(15,646 posts)
12. Ummm ... the same set of odds shows Biden doing worse head-to-head with tRump in the election.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 06:05 PM
Feb 2020

Take a look at the link.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
13. +1
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 06:13 PM
Feb 2020

It would be a walk in the park, I think.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

TrunKated

(210 posts)
10. hmmmm...
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 06:03 PM
Feb 2020

Might be a good time to bet and make some money.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Quixote1818

(28,943 posts)
14. Extremely misleading. It also has the Dem nominee even with Trump.
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 06:37 PM
Feb 2020

If you do it that way Trump crushes all our candidates.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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