The two candidates are battling to replace two-term Gov. Brian Sandoval (R).<\/span><\/p>\nThe PredictIt market asking “Will Dean Heller be reelected to the US Senate?” has “yes” shares trading at just 36 cents. However, the RCP <\/i>polling average of Heller versus current US Rep. Jacky Rosen (D) gives the Democrat just a 0.7-point advantage.<\/p>\n
Tarkanian winning is an even longer proposition for Republicans, as political bettors are trading his chances of becoming a congressman on the cheap at 23 cents.<\/p>\n
As for which party will control the Senate after 2018, the Republicans have a strong chance, with shares trading for 72 cents. But bettors believe the Democrats will take the House (“yes” shares, 71 cents).<\/p>\n
Betting Futures<\/b><\/h2>\n
The 2016 presidential election will be remembered for many reasons, and the realization that polling data cannot be fully trusted is certainly one of them. Hillary Clinton held the lead in nearly every pre-election nationwide poll, and additionally in most swing states.<\/p>\n
Though Trump won just 46.1 percent of the popular vote to Clinton’s 48.2 percent, the Republican far surpassed the required 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House with 304.<\/p>\n
Some political observers turned to political betting markets as perhaps more reliable data points in predicting election outcomes. The key difference, according to analysts like\u00a0Fox News’ <\/i>John Stossel — is that bettors are placing money on who they think will win —<\/i>\u00a0not who they want to win<\/i>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump is traveling to Las Vegas this week to campaign for several Nevada Republican Party candidates who are embattled in hotly contested elections to be determined in November. But despite the presidential backing, online bettors believe it’s Silver State Democratic candidates who will emerge victorious. The president is set to deliver his “Make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":88467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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