Hillary Clinton is heavily favorite
to win the Indiana Democratic Primary. According to the
Vegas political betting odds, or more accurately the offshore odds,
is -600, while Barack Obama is +350.
When betting on elections, Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy says
he always compares the betting odds to the consensus polls at RealClearPolitics.com. The RCP average has
+5.0 percentage points, though Zogby Tracking has
Obama up by two points.
This is a clear, well Real Clear,
change from about a week ago when Obama held the three-point lead.
been aided by his slow initial condemnation of the racist and anti-American
rants of Obama’s former pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Obama is still expected to get the nomination as he is a prohibitive
4/13 favorite to be the Democratic candidate for the White House.
is given a punchers chance at 4/1.
The General Election odds are tightening up. Arizona
Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee actually barely trails
Obama. McCain is 5/4 compared to Obama at 6/5.
is still given a chance at 4/1, oddly (so to speak) the same as her chances of
being the nominee.