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Odds are +600 that President-elect Joe Biden won't leave office due to impeachment. Biden is also given -200 odds to complete his first term. By Robert Duff / January 14, 2021 1:25 PM PST Odds Trump Unbanned From Twitter Before Inauguration Set at +2000; Facebook Favored to Let Trump Back on First. This isn't any more outrageous than offering Kanye West or Kim Kardashian Presidential odds, after all. However, it's also worth pointing out that BetOnline – like all fully featured US-facing betting sites – is an offshore operator made up of a team of international bookmakers that may be unfamiliar with more obscure US political laws.
Folks, we love BetOnline.
We've been members there since they first hit the scene, and they consistently offer some of the best election betting odds and sportsbook lines in the industry.
They're also some of the most creative bookmakers in the world, posting props that no other site would dare publish. They are, in a word, not afraid to be cute or court controversy.
That said, somebody at the bookmaker is courting it now, more cutely and more controversially than usual. See if you can spot it in their Vice Presidential betting odds below:
Vice President on the Democrat Election Ticket
- Kamala Harris +185
- Amy Klobuchar +300
- Elizabeth Warren +400
- Gretchen Whitmer +1000
- Michelle Obama +1000
- Stacey Abrams +1200
- C.Cortez Masto +1400
- Hillary Clinton +2000
- Tammy Duckworth +2500
- Val Demings +3000
- Tammy Baldwin +4000
- Barack Obama +5000
- Tulsi Gabbard +6000
No, the problem isn't that there's a man on the VP odds boards even though presumptive nominee Joe Biden said from the start that he'd pick a female Vice President running mate.
Yesterday, Bovada snuck Andrew Cuomo onto the erstwhile all-female list, and that's perfectly legitimate.
The goof here is that Barack Obama is not, for all intents and purposes, necessarily eligible to be Vice President. A wager for Barack Obama as VP is – if not guaranteed lost money – almost certainly so.
There are two reasons why.
The first reason that former President Obama really can't credibly run as a Vice Presidential candidate comes into focus when you consult the US Constitution. Article II, Section 1 reads in part:
'No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.'
These are the basic requirements to be President.
However, thanks to the 12th Amendment of the Constitution, there are further limitations on those who may be eligible for the presidency.
'But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.'
Now, add in Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment which establishes Presidential term limits and you get this:
'No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.'
Yes, some Constitutional scholars – whatever that means these days – will claim that, semantically, this doesn't totally disqualify former President Obama. Their argument lies in the 'elected' verbiage, and if Biden were to win with Obama as VP and then step down, Obama wouldn't technically be 'elected.'
Indeed, this very thing has been a common question among the portion of the electorate eager to see a Biden-Obama ticket in the quest to bounce Donald Trump from office. Even Snopes, the left-leaning 'fact checker,' seems to be unable to verify or debunk the query.
But there's another reason why this is a bad bet: Should the DNC put forth this ticket, the GOP would be fast-tracking the case to the Supreme Court – a case that the DNC would likely lose, cratering the Biden campaign outright.
Further, depending on the timing of the filing of the inevitable challenge by the Trump administration, such a move could effectively render the November 3 general election either null and void or delay it for the duration of the possible protracted legal proceedings. Neither of these things are politically expedient for either party.
From a tactical perspective, then, this ticket would be 'bad optics' for the Democrats, given that they'd be viewed as cheating the spirit of the law, if not its strict definition.
For BetOnline's part, they are probably just responding to recent pundit speculation in the void that has become Creepy Joe's basement disappearing act. This isn't any more outrageous than offering Kanye West or Kim Kardashian Presidential odds, after all.
However, it's also worth pointing out that BetOnline – like all fully featured US-facing betting sites – is an offshore operator made up of a team of international bookmakers that may be unfamiliar with more obscure US political laws.
In either case, again, this is basically a wacky political prop bet you should probably just ignore.
There's virtually no chance that the Biden campaign would be tone deaf enough to pick Barack Obama as VP, there's virtually no chance that Obama would accept the nomination, and there's virtually no chance that you'd see a Biden-Obama ticket on the ballot come the general election.
Heck, there's virtually no chance that Obama himself wants any part of the White House for another miserable moment.
For our money, the best bet on the board right now is Amy Klobuchar at +300. The worst bet, of course, is Barack Obama at +5000.
Or maybe not. Maybe it's Tulsi Gabbard at +6000. She's unquestionably eligible, and she's an even bigger long shot because her own party despises her.
As soon as BetOnline – or any other election betting site – offers odds on Gabbard to switch parties, we'll let you know.
Incumbent US President Donal Trump continues to sit lotus atop the Political Odds board as the runaway favorite to win a second term in office.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Former Vice President Joe Biden continue to jockey for the Democratic nomination, albeit Biden looks all but poised to take a victory lap following Tuesday's sweeping victory in three primaries – Arizona, Illinois, and Florida.
Biden currently leads in the Democratic race by a country mile over his left-wing counterpart, Sanders, a delegate-edge that prompts most bookmakers to practically bestow the Democratic nomination on his weathered, snow-white crown – well in advance of any formal announcement of said nomination by the party itself.
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Vice President on the Democrat Election Ticket
- Kamala Harris +185
- Amy Klobuchar +300
- Elizabeth Warren +400
- Gretchen Whitmer +1000
- Michelle Obama +1000
- Stacey Abrams +1200
- C.Cortez Masto +1400
- Hillary Clinton +2000
- Tammy Duckworth +2500
- Val Demings +3000
- Tammy Baldwin +4000
- Barack Obama +5000
- Tulsi Gabbard +6000
No, the problem isn't that there's a man on the VP odds boards even though presumptive nominee Joe Biden said from the start that he'd pick a female Vice President running mate.
Yesterday, Bovada snuck Andrew Cuomo onto the erstwhile all-female list, and that's perfectly legitimate.
The goof here is that Barack Obama is not, for all intents and purposes, necessarily eligible to be Vice President. A wager for Barack Obama as VP is – if not guaranteed lost money – almost certainly so.
There are two reasons why.
The first reason that former President Obama really can't credibly run as a Vice Presidential candidate comes into focus when you consult the US Constitution. Article II, Section 1 reads in part:
'No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.'
These are the basic requirements to be President.
However, thanks to the 12th Amendment of the Constitution, there are further limitations on those who may be eligible for the presidency.
'But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.'
Now, add in Section 1 of the 22nd Amendment which establishes Presidential term limits and you get this:
'No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.'
Yes, some Constitutional scholars – whatever that means these days – will claim that, semantically, this doesn't totally disqualify former President Obama. Their argument lies in the 'elected' verbiage, and if Biden were to win with Obama as VP and then step down, Obama wouldn't technically be 'elected.'
Indeed, this very thing has been a common question among the portion of the electorate eager to see a Biden-Obama ticket in the quest to bounce Donald Trump from office. Even Snopes, the left-leaning 'fact checker,' seems to be unable to verify or debunk the query.
But there's another reason why this is a bad bet: Should the DNC put forth this ticket, the GOP would be fast-tracking the case to the Supreme Court – a case that the DNC would likely lose, cratering the Biden campaign outright.
Further, depending on the timing of the filing of the inevitable challenge by the Trump administration, such a move could effectively render the November 3 general election either null and void or delay it for the duration of the possible protracted legal proceedings. Neither of these things are politically expedient for either party.
From a tactical perspective, then, this ticket would be 'bad optics' for the Democrats, given that they'd be viewed as cheating the spirit of the law, if not its strict definition.
For BetOnline's part, they are probably just responding to recent pundit speculation in the void that has become Creepy Joe's basement disappearing act. This isn't any more outrageous than offering Kanye West or Kim Kardashian Presidential odds, after all.
However, it's also worth pointing out that BetOnline – like all fully featured US-facing betting sites – is an offshore operator made up of a team of international bookmakers that may be unfamiliar with more obscure US political laws.
In either case, again, this is basically a wacky political prop bet you should probably just ignore.
There's virtually no chance that the Biden campaign would be tone deaf enough to pick Barack Obama as VP, there's virtually no chance that Obama would accept the nomination, and there's virtually no chance that you'd see a Biden-Obama ticket on the ballot come the general election.
Heck, there's virtually no chance that Obama himself wants any part of the White House for another miserable moment.
For our money, the best bet on the board right now is Amy Klobuchar at +300. The worst bet, of course, is Barack Obama at +5000.
Or maybe not. Maybe it's Tulsi Gabbard at +6000. She's unquestionably eligible, and she's an even bigger long shot because her own party despises her.
As soon as BetOnline – or any other election betting site – offers odds on Gabbard to switch parties, we'll let you know.
Incumbent US President Donal Trump continues to sit lotus atop the Political Odds board as the runaway favorite to win a second term in office.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Former Vice President Joe Biden continue to jockey for the Democratic nomination, albeit Biden looks all but poised to take a victory lap following Tuesday's sweeping victory in three primaries – Arizona, Illinois, and Florida.
Biden currently leads in the Democratic race by a country mile over his left-wing counterpart, Sanders, a delegate-edge that prompts most bookmakers to practically bestow the Democratic nomination on his weathered, snow-white crown – well in advance of any formal announcement of said nomination by the party itself.
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Betonline 2020 Presidential Election Odds
As it stands, Biden is priced at -1500 to win the Democratic election at BetOnline. On the flipside, Sanders is priced as a hallucinatory bet at +1600. That he's a longshot bet isn't a surprise given the current party voting balance. What is astounding, if not totally ironic, is that Bernie trails after –what can only be termed as tongue-in-cheek political odds of +1400 for – Hilary Clinton to win the nomination.
To date, there has been no inkling whatsoever of any plan hatched by Former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to return to the vanguard of American politics. No communique by her representatives or team, a soupcon of evidence or a whiff of a rumor to that effect has been detected.
Perhaps, the only thing bookmakers might hang their hats on is a BBC interview from November 2019, in which Hilary Clinton admitted she was 'under enormous pressure' to challenge incumbent President Donald Trump in his bid for a second term in office.
A decision that she didn't confirm but, equally so, she didn't rule out. Leaving audiences with only a girly giggle and a rather coy nugget, ‘Never say never,' to ponder instead.
Now, it's safe to say, as it were, that both Sanders and assumptive late-entrant Clinton, are longshots, which means the U.S. Presidential race is likely to come down to a choice between Trump and Biden.
Now, this is where demarcation-lines are being drawn across betting exchanges. In some cases, Trump and Biden are neck-and-neck in the race for the keys to the White House – priced equally at -110. In other cases, for instance at BetOnline, Trump edges Biden at -110 to +110. Finally, some sportsbooks would have Biden as the favorite over Trump.
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Which geriatric actually wins the race is anybody's guess though, particularly with the coronavirus outbreak turning the world upside down. Some would have the deadly bug as one of the main reasons why Biden is suddenly enjoying a renaissance in the polls.
Earlier in the Democratic race, Biden presented with as much charisma and momentum as a wet mop. Confused speeches, verbal slipups, and occasionally indecipherable mumblings – not to mention, who can forget the mistaking-his-wife-for-his sister gaffe – often featured in his public appearances.
Just as the Russian tampering scandal proved defining of the 2016 US Presidential race, the Coronavirus pandemic is proving to be similarly so in the 2020 US Presidential race. Then again, it is most definitely defining on the global stage, putting untold economic and social pressures on every single country.
How Donald Trump initially handled the crisis has come under heavy criticism, much of which is seen to be costing him in political betting markets. However, it hasn't come at the extreme cost to eliminate him from proceedings entirely.
Trump is still very much in the thick of the race according to the political odds. What's more, historical trends show that 90% of incumbent presidents are re-elected for a second term in office. To be fair, that fact stacks the odds more so against Biden than the actual odds themselves.
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