Bush leads Kerry: latest polls and bookmakers agree
Bush edges Kerry in latest polls
WASHINGTON, USA, Oct. 18 - President George W. Bush has pulled ahead of Massachusetts Senator John F. Kerry by 6 percentage points according to the latest national statistical post-debate presidential poll by USA Today/CNN/Gallup, while in contrast bookmakers’ odds have shortened on a Republican victory.
The president leads Democrat Kerry 52 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, according to the survey taken Thursday through Saturday. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, but shows a significant shift from Kerry's 1-percentage-point lead a week earlier.
Meanwhile, bookmakers have shortened the odds on favorite Bush, after one Canadian punter has placed a bet of $110,000 on him (Mystery bettor gambles $110,000 on Bush), GamblingGates.com informed.
Bookmakers’ odds and gambling sites will soon be the only way to follow the statistics on the election run up as polls and surveys are banned in the days before the vote.
The bookmakers are still making Bush a clear favorite to win according to the latest betting on OddsChecker.com, although odds vary considerably.
Pinacle, for example are offering a Republican victory at odds of 0.67/1 with the Democrats seemingly rank outsiders at 1.4/1.
The most common betting odds on offer to gamblers however by the major bookmakers are Bush at 4/7 and Kerry at 5/4.
In related topics, a research survey by Harrah’s is predicting Gamblers are likely to vote for the Democrats, GamblingGates.com reported.
