Election odds point to blue wave with Biden 1/2 favourite for US victory

Democrats vote share odds-on to fall between 52 and 58%

Betting trends on the US election suggest Joe Biden is set to win the Presidency and deny Donald Trump a second term in the White House.

BoyleSports trimmed Biden slightly into 1/2 from 8/15 on the eve of polling day and he is on course at 4/6 to end up with an overall vote share between 52-58%.

The Democrats are also red-hot 1/8 favourites to win the nationwide popular vote, although that wasn’t enough for Hillary Clinton in 2016 when she outpolled Trump only to lose out in the electoral college system that decides the winner.

Joe Biden will avoid the same fate this time if the patterns are anything to by as he chases the magic number of 270 to take the White House.

His most likely electoral college vote haul is rated to fall between 300-359 at 2/1, which would be more than enough to end Trump’s reign as president.

Trump, meanwhile, is an odds-on 5/6 to fall short with less than 210 electoral college votes.

Biden’s favouritism is reflected in his hot chances to win some of key battleground states with Michigan (2/9), North Carolina (8/11), Pennsylvania (4/9) and Wisconsin (2/9) all odds-on to go his way.

Lawrence Lyons, spokesperson for BoyleSports said: “Donald Trump did close the gap in the race in the last fortnight, but Biden was still being favoured as the winner at 1/2 from 8/15 the day before the election and some of the stats markets suggest he may even have a bit of a cushion.

“But we’re certainly not making any assumptions after the odds were upset four years ago and it must be said that bets have been a bit more evenly divided this time round with Trump still receiving plenty of support at 13/8.”