Adelson and his wife Miriam gave $82.58 million to GOP candidates in 2016. During the 2018 midterms, the casino magnate donated $123.25 million, with every dime going to Republican causes.<\/p>\n
Looking to 2020, the Adelsons have already given $10 million to American First Action, the super PAC leading Trump’s re-election bid. Station Casinos owners Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta III have each donated $1 million, and Steve Wynn $500,000, to the same PAC. Treasure Island owner and longtime Trump pal Phil Ruffin \u2013 who owns 50 percent of Trump International Las Vegas \u2013 gave $250,000 to the Republican National Committee.<\/p>\n
Democrats will have plenty of money, too. New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg has pledged as much as $500 million to oust Trump.<\/p>\n
By nearly every account, pollsters got the 2016 presidential all wrong. In the aftermath, some political pundits said monitoring betting markets could be a more accurate forecaster for elections.<\/p>\n
\nDon’t trust polls or pundits,” libertarian TV political expert John Stossel said in January of 2016. “Polls reveal only a snapshot of current opinion. When a polling company reaches the rare person willing to talk to a stranger on the phone, chances are that person is not well-informed about politics.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
There’s also the belief that poll respondents answer as to who they want to win \u2013 not necessarily who they believe will win. Bettors risking money on the outcome are likelier to back the candidate who will be victorious.<\/p>\n
Regardless, countless polls will still be issued. And a latest one from Fox News <\/i>suggests Trump has a tough road ahead. In a theoretical Biden vs. Trump matchup, the poll conducted by Braun Research in New Jersey found that the former VP has a 10-point lead on the 45th president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Donald Trump will formally announce his re-election campaign today in Orlando, and several Las Vegas casino billionaires are expected to fund his run at another four years in the Oval Office. His message is expected to again be one that he’s a DC outsider \u2013 though that is a tougher sell considering he’s spent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":107220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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