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Hillary Clinton has more people betting she’ll be the 2020 Democratic nominee than any...
Newsweek ^ | 9/18/19 | SHANE CROUCHER

Posted on 09/19/2019 2:08:13 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

More bettors at one British bookmaker are backing Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic Party's 2020 nominee than they are any of the candidates actually running in the race, giving her better odds of winning than Senator Cory Booker and Beto O'Rourke, among others.

At the bookmaker Ladbrokes, Clinton has seen enough backing by bettors to rise to the seventh favorite for the 2020 nomination at 20/1. Booker, a senator of New Jersey, is eighth at 33/1. O'Rourke, a former representative of Texas, is ninth at 50/1.

"We're baffled, to be honest," Matthew Shaddick, head of political betting at Ladbrokes, told Newsweek. "We've taken more bets on her to be the Democratic candidate than any of the other runners.”

The odds reflect the view of the betting market. The shorter a person's odds, the greater the chance the betting market believes he or she has of winning the contest because bettors are placing money on them.

"She would be by far the worst result for us—i.e., the one we would lose most money on," Shaddick said. "Hence, her odds have come in from 50/1 to 20/1."

Leading the polls is former Vice President Joe Biden. But Biden is not the favorite in the Ladbrokes market for the Democrats' 2020 nominee. The favorite is Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren at 6/4. Biden is currently the second favorite at 5/2.

In third place is independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist, on 5/1.

"I've seen some speculation about what might happen if Biden had to drop out for some reason—perhaps that would leave a space for her to occupy in the field?" Shaddick said of Clinton.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020demprimary; election; hillary; hillary2020
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To: Candor7

Hillary might be six feet under sooner. That old broad is a walking corpse. With the exception of Mexican Bob and Kamala The Commie the leading Democrats are all old.


21 posted on 09/19/2019 4:20:49 AM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Not just Brits. Bovada online betting has her at 20:1 as well. I bet on Trump there when he was down to 3.75:1 in early October ‘16.


22 posted on 09/19/2019 4:30:34 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Mr. Mojo

It begins...

I think The MSM will put this out there more and more, in light of the current group of Dem finalists all being blatant socialists and communists, i.e. guaranteed losers.


23 posted on 09/19/2019 4:35:04 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: LibWhacker

It is as if the like of Barr are making sure she can run again, full legit.


24 posted on 09/19/2019 4:36:12 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Mr. Mojo
I'd bet she's the nominee as well, swooping in to save the day from the likes of Biden or Warren. She's already starting to be a little more active off to the side with her latest appearance at George Washington University. As the primaries progress, the appearances will increase while her media minions ratchet up the doubts about who's leading so that by the time the RAT convention rolls around, no one will be able to claim enough clearcut support and delegates to secure the nomination. Another rigged nomination, but it won't cost her a $600,000 house this time around.
25 posted on 09/19/2019 4:36:21 AM PDT by Dahoser
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To: Mr. Mojo

The problem is nobody wants her to run. Except Hillary and maybe Bill. Nobody else wants her to run. That’s why these stories are such nonsense.


26 posted on 09/19/2019 4:38:25 AM PDT by dead (Liberals ruin everything.)
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To: dead

I think you are correct. It is just Newsweak clickbait.


27 posted on 09/19/2019 4:57:07 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: Mr. Mojo

I thought Fauxcahontas had the nomination in the bag with Frito O’Rourke as her VP/pool boy/Rose Garden landscaper.


28 posted on 09/19/2019 4:58:17 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I think so too. What’s the best way to get her to be the candidate? Toss the candidates around so no one is the clear front-runner, then go to a brokered convention so she doesn’t have to stress about primary campaigning.


29 posted on 09/19/2019 5:03:06 AM PDT by struggle
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To: Mr. Mojo

Future Headline

“Debate disaster. Entire Field Of Democratic Challengers in Mass Suicide”


30 posted on 09/19/2019 5:07:20 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Candor7

Hate to burst your bubble so early in the morning, but no one is going to be indicted or held accountable.


31 posted on 09/19/2019 5:10:18 AM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (People have a sex, not a gender. Things have a gender. Take back the language.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

If she goes on a crash diet, does another listening tour, and dons her ‘old crusty’ black pantsuit, I’ll believe it. Get the unmarked ambulance out of storage, find another ‘doctor feel-good’ handler equipped with a friend injector, and get at least two new Dwarf Toss althetes.


32 posted on 09/19/2019 5:14:42 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Mr. Mojo

That’s what you get for not throwing her fat dumpy criminal ass in jail.


33 posted on 09/19/2019 5:20:31 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

True.

Biden/Warren. Biden steps down for health reasons almost immediately. Warren appoints Clinton, who.....


34 posted on 09/19/2019 5:21:44 AM PDT by combat_boots (TGod bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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To: simpson96

You know looking at their stellar field maybe rematch against the cryptkeeper is their best chance. Good way to insure an indictment and be able to say it’s politically motivated. Risky but what does it matter at this point


35 posted on 09/19/2019 5:22:50 AM PDT by datricker (Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Brits need to quit meddling in our elections. SOBs were up to their knees in the coup against Trump.


36 posted on 09/19/2019 5:29:49 AM PDT by dforest (Just shut up Obama. Maybe everyone should just shut up, even you baggybutt!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Hillary! is ugly as sin.
She can’t orate worth a damn.
She has a long paper trail showing that she is both evil and incompetent.
Her health is apparently very bad.
To pretty much every straight American male she is America’s Ex - that crazy psychobitch wife or girlfriend from Hell that they’re so glad to be rid of, no matter what the cost.

The next Democrat candidate will NOT have an easily accessible record or paper trail. He will be male, pretty, eloquent, and somewhat obscure. Women are the real foundation of the Democrat constituency. The candidate will be someone who appeals to them.


37 posted on 09/19/2019 5:35:05 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Candor7
You talk as if Hillary running for President and being under indictment are two mutually exclusive scenarios

They are not.

We live in a bitterly divided society where one side thinks Hillary committed treason and sold out our country for power and money.

The other side is pretty much incapable of critical thought and has been brainwashed into thinking people like Hillary and Obama are enlightened leaders trying to save the planet and change the world to some nebulous Progressive and cosmically better social order. The have also been brainwashed into bitterly hating those who disagree and oppose the Progressive agenda

These people totally agree with and endorse everything Hillary has done and stands for and would lbs happy to vote for her. Either that, or they will personally benefit if she gets in office so they could care less.

None of the Democrat Presidential candidates are electable and that is by design . The Democrats base has become so insane that any politician who appeals to them enough to get nominated is totally unelectable in the general election

The scam is to pay these stalking horses to inflame and motivate the Democrat base while protecting the person who will emerge as the “moderate and sober” compromise at the Democrat Convention from having to destroy their electability in the general election by going on record saying crazy things and taking the insane positions necessary for appealing to the Democrats radical base.

This was the same approach Hillary took in 2016 and Bernie Sanders was the supposedly unelectable Stalking Horse that would allow Hillary to look like the sane, moderate voice of reason. This backfired in epic fashion as Hillary made her fatal error and finally underestimated the stupidity of her Democrat base. Crazy Bernie got traction with the younger generation of mindless, brain washed Obama generation and destroyed Hillary’s election

The Democrats are using the same strategy this time around, just using 20 stalking horses spouting even more crazy political slogans to fire up their base. The huge number if them prevents any single candidate from getting traction and building enough of a critical mass of support to win the nomination

The person who comes into the convention to save the day will not have the baggage of having to take unelectable positions to appeal to the Democrats lunatic base nor will that candidate be tainted with the bitter animosity of the Democrat base like Hillary was with angry Bernie Bots who refused to bite for Hillary, just like the pissed off Hillary PUMAs who refused to support Barak Obama in 2008

The real race for the 2020 Democratic nomination is with the real poayer jostling with the power brokers the scenes to determine who will be “ sane and moderate” savior at the Democrat convention

38 posted on 09/19/2019 5:38:08 AM PDT by rdcbn ( Referentia)
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To: dead

There is not a chance in the world she is going to run or can run.

President Trump would bury her the minute she announced she would run.


39 posted on 09/19/2019 5:51:30 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Mr. Mojo

What?? There are a MILLION reasons why Hilarity can’t win - and she wrote the list, herself!


40 posted on 09/19/2019 5:58:15 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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