British punters are predicting that Donald Trump will take the White House beating Kamala Harris in the US election.
Both Trump and Harris are spending their final weekend on the campaign trail with just three days before what could be one of the closest elections in history.
More than 70 millions of Americans have already cast their ballots, but the candidates are still pushing to persuade the final critical voters who could take them to victory.
According to Betfair Exchange, who say they have correctly predicted 22 of the last 24 major elections, former president Trump is the 4/6 favourite giving him a 60 per cent chance of a second term.
Trump’s odds are similar to those of Joe Biden’s at this point four years ago.
The big-money market is heavily backing Trump too, with nine of the top ten biggest wagers going on him. In total, £130million has been bet on the outcome of the race to the White House.
The British bookie say that Trump is the favourite in five of the seven swing states and is neck-and-neck with the Democrats in Wisconsin, while betting in Michigan has swung back in favor of his Democrat rival Kamala Harris.
While the opinion polls in the United States are incredibly tight, the money on the betting markets has been firmly on the controversial Republican for almost a month.
Betfair have Kamala Harris’ odds at winning the US election at 6/4 giving her a 40% chance of taking charge of the White House.
Betfair’s political expert Sam Rosbottom said: ‘This election has been unprecedented. It is splitting friendships and dividing households; everyone has an opinion on it. Even those who don’t plan to vote find the question divisive.
‘But punters have made up their minds, and they rarely get it wrong. Looking at the betting, we’re in for a Donald Trump second term, the former President is heavily fancied at 4/6.
‘Since early October, Donald Trump has extended his lead over Harris on the betting markets. The Vice-President is 6/4 to win the election.
‘In 2016, the polls and the betting market didn’t expect a Trump win and at this point eight years ago Trump was out at 11/4 to win the election – only a 26% chance.
‘However, four years later, punters were spot on again. Looking at Biden’s odds at this point in 2020 and comparing them to Donald Trump’s chances of winning now, there’s very little between them.
‘This is America and anything can happen in the next day or so to change things. But, following the money, it would take a seismic shift to stop Trump becoming President again.’