Monday 5 December 2011

From Obama to McWho? Where punters are putting their money in the lead up to the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election


It only takes a casual glance at the U.S. media to know that, aside from the incumbent president, guesses as to who else will contest next year's race for the White House are somewhat unrealistic and all over the place.
Here's where the average punter is laying win-only money (market depth) at Betfair according to OddsChecker:

2012 Presidential Election - Next President

Barack Obama

1.89

$36

1.9

$1359

1.91

$106

Mitt Romney

4.3

$223

4.4

$19

4.5

$4

Newt Gingrich

5.6

$30

5.7

$79

5.8

$3

Ron Paul

28

$4

30

$95

32

$18

Rick Perry

60

$3

65

$9

95

$5

Herman Cain

60

$12

100

$27

130

$18

Hillary Clinton

34

$5

40

$5

60

$9

Jon Huntsman

3.75

$15

24

$6

38

$13

Michele Bachmann

25

$3

38

$12

50

$20

Rick Santorum

250

$3

300

$4

320

$6

Gary Johnson

380

$3

390

$4

400

$3

Rudolph Giuliani

100

$66

200

$7

1000

$32

Joseph Biden

380

$3

490

$3

500

$5

Sarah Palin

400

$10

410

$4

500

$5

Michael Bloomberg

420

$3

520

$10

550

$11

Donald Trump

300

$6

360

$7

430

$3

Chris Christie

840

$3

990

$3

1000

$14

Mitch Daniels

590

$3

650

$3

770

$3

Tim Pawlenty

250

$3

500

$3

1000

$58

David Petraeus

130

$3

250

$3

1000

$41

Mike Huckabee

920

$3

980

$3

1000

$18

Jeb Bush

27

$13

500

$3

1000

$22

John Thune

60

$7

500

$3

1000

$44

Haley Barbour

30

$3

34

$7

1000

$96

Marco Rubio

25

$3

500

$3

1000

$45

Bobby Jindal

90

$15

500

$3

1000

$82

Condoleezza Rice

500

$3

730

$3

1000

$56

Lindsey Graham

130

$3

500

$3

1000

$80

Mark Sanford

3.5

$3

500

$3

1000

$92

Charlie Crist

60

$7

500

$3

1000

$86

Chuck Baldwin

500

$3

640

$4

1000

$84

John McCain

500

$3

610

$8

1000

$94

Bill Owens

30

$12

500

$3

1000

$89

Fred Thompson

60

$14

500

$3

1000

$92

Evan Bayh

40

$15

500

$3

1000

$93

Tom Ridge

75

$9

500

$3

1000

$78

Al Gore

90

$7

410

$3

520

$3

George Allen

300

$4

500

$3

1000

$93

George Pataki

34

$9

500

$3

1000

$90

Bill Frist

3.5

$3

500

$3

1000

$88

Janet Napolitano

3.5

$3

500

$3

1000

$92

Sam Brownback

480

$3

500

$3

1000

$90

Eric Cantor

40

$7

500

$3

1000

$82

Jim DeMint

44

$7

50

$7

1000

$66

Mike Pence

3.5

$3

500

$3

1000

$82

Kay Bailey Hutchison

100

$10

500

$3

1000

$88

Rob Portman

90

$6

500

$3

1000

$86

Dirk Kempthorne

100

$11

500

$3

1000

$88

Scott Brown

3.5

$3

500

$3

1000

$76

Paul Ryan

470

$13

500

$3

1000

$52

Mark Warner

90

$6

500

$3

1000

$84

Tim Kaine

100

$10

500

$3

1000

$87

Rand Paul

3.5

$3

75

$7

1000

$55

Fred Karger

90

$6

500

$3

1000

$88

Alan Grayson

120

$7

500

$3

1000

$85

Alvin Greene

120

$7

500

$3

1000

$85

John Boehner

70

$7

500

$3

1000

$85

Chuck Hagel

120

$7

500

$3

1000

$85

Duncan Hunter

120

$7

500

$3

1000

$85

Norm Coleman

120

$7

500

$3

1000

$85

Jim Webb

120

$7

500

$3

1000

$85

Kathleen Sebelius

120

$7

500

$3

1000

$85

Caroline Kennedy

120

$7

500

$3

1000

$85

Thaddeus McCotter

3.5

$3

500

$3

1000

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