Bettors and investors in the 2024 Republican presidential race are moving away from Ron DeSantis, at least for the moment.
Per the Election Betting Odds website, DeSantis has slumped to a 7.9% chance of winning the GOP nomination, good for third place in the field as of this writing Saturday morning.
DeSantis is down 0.2% in the last day; meanwhile, third place Nikki Haley has surged.
The former South Carolina Governor is at a high point in investor estimation, with an 11.2% chance of getting the Republican nomination.
Haley’s odds have improved by 3.1% over the last 24 hours.
DeSantis and Haley, both of whom will speak during Saturday’s program at the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in Las Vegas, have jousted over a range of issues that include the proper treatment of the Walt Disney Company and who is more opposed to bringing in refugees from the war-torn Gaza Strip.
Both candidates are far behind Donald Trump, the beneficiary of bettor confidence with a 73.7% chance of winning the nomination for a third time.
Trump also leads the General Election betting market, with a 34.2% chance of winning. President Joe Biden is close behind, ascribed a 33.6% chance of victory based on investor action.
DeSantis is in sixth place in that market, with a 3.5% chance of winning. Gavin Newsom (8.2%), Haley (5.2%), and Robert Kennedy (4.1%) are ahead at this writing, according to the betting trends aggregated from the Betfair, Smarkets, PredictIt, and Polymarket platforms.
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