{"id":39092,"date":"2024-10-07T14:31:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/polymarket-prediction-data-shows-trump-taking-the-lead-over-harris\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:31:21","slug":"polymarket-prediction-data-shows-trump-taking-the-lead-over-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/polymarket-prediction-data-shows-trump-taking-the-lead-over-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymarket prediction data shows Trump taking the lead over Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<div class=\"post-article-image  -mt-24  mb-8  lg:-mt-32  rounded  overflow-hidden\" data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/05\/donald-trump-smartcrop-750x375.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/05\/donald-trump-smartcrop-363x181.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/05\/donald-trump-smartcrop-750x375.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2024\/05\/donald-trump-smartcrop-363x181.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n<\/picture>                    <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Polymarket shows Trump leading the race; however, other betting trackers show Harris still in the lead<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The Republicans have seen 102,000 new registered voters compared to the Democrats\u2019 96,000<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Elon Musk endorsed Trump during a Pennsylvania rally over the weekend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The odds of former US President Donald Trump winning the election against Vice President Kamala Harris rose to 51% on Polymarket, the decentralized prediction market platform.<\/p>\n<p>According to the platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/search\/kamala+harris\">Harris<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/presidential-election-winner-2024?tid=1728279663002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">behind on 48.3%<\/a> at the time of publishing. However, on the Election Betting Odds <a href=\"https:\/\/electionbettingodds.com\/President2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracker<\/a>, Harris remains in the lead, only by a small margin, at 50.1% compared to Trump\u2019s 49.2%.<\/p>\n<p>On Polymarket, the shift in first place follows as <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/search\/donald+trump\">Trump<\/a> received a boost in Pennsylvania, considered one of the important swing states during the election, after seeing new voting registrations. In a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-pennsylvania-voter-boost-democrats-slide-1961853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>, Republicans saw 102,000 new voters registered in the state compared to the Democrats 96,000.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire Elon Musk has also endorsed Trump following his appearance at the former US president\u2019s rally in the state. Taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1843132050242777187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, Musk wrote: \u201cTrump now leading Kamala by 3% in betting markets. More accurate than polls, as actual money is on the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump now leading Kamala by 3% in betting markets. More accurate than polls, as actual money is on the line. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WrsqZ2z8pp\">https:\/\/t.co\/WrsqZ2z8pp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1843132050242777187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Backing Trump<\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla took to the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania in his first appearance alongside Trump, which also happened to be where the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/donald-trump-related-tokens-surge-after-shooting-incident\/\">assassination attempt on Trump<\/a> took place in July.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a cap with the \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d slogan of Trump\u2019s campaign, Musk called the presidential nominee the only candidate \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-donald-trump-rally-butler-election-f718967ec29431a2b9858b1121e70da1#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to preserve democracy in America<\/a>.\u201d As the final weeks count down to election day, this first appearance by Musk highlights the growing alliance between the two.<\/p>\n<p>The topic of crypto has played an important role during the presidential election discussions. In September, Harris unveiled her first crypto-positive remarks during a New York fundraiser. If elected, Harris promised she would <a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/harris-delivers-crypto-positive-remarks-says-shell-invest-in-americas-future\/\">help grow investment in artificial intelligence and crypto<\/a> in America.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Trump has also been increasingly vocal in supporting crypto.<\/p>\n<p>Trump \u2013 who said he wants to make America the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/donald-trump-unveils-plan-to-make-usa-the-crypto-capital-of-the-planet\/\">crypto capital of the planet<\/a>\u201d \u2013 became the first US president to use the Bitcoin network. He achieved this after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6362127229112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sending a Bitcoin transaction at PubKey<\/a>, a crypto-themed bar in New York ahead of his campaign rally in Long Island.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Share this article<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Categories<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Tags<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/polymarket-prediction-data-shows-trump-taking-the-lead-over-harris\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison ) Polymarket shows Trump leading the race; however, other betting trackers show Harris still in the lead The Republicans have seen 102,000 new registered voters compared to the Democrats\u2019 96,000 Elon Musk endorsed Trump during a Pennsylvania rally over the weekend The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362367,"featured_media":39093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}