Live Presidential Election Betting Odds and Predictions: Final Polls Have Trump, Harris in Dead Heat

The Election Day polling data has Donald Trump and Kamala Harris virtually tied – but oddsmakers are much more bullish on the former President, installing him as a hefty favorite as the ballots get counted.

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James Bisson • Contributor
Nov 5, 2024 • 19:12 ET • 4 min read
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With polls beginning to close and the presidential election odds set to shift dramatically based on results throughout the night, the final polling results reveal a race that is too close for even the most senior pollsters to call.

Current Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris Odds

Candidate Odds Implied Probability
Donald Trump -225 69.2%
Kamala Harris +175 36.4%

(Odds updated Nov. 5 at 7:45 p.m. ET)

Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris Odds Movement


Donald Trump Odds

The Donald Trump odds have shortened throughout the day, from the -130 range all the way to between -200 and -225 depending on your sportsbook of choice. Trump carries a similar implied probability on renowned exchange sites Kalshi and Polymarket on the strength of advantageous odds position in five of the seven battleground states.

Kamala Harris Odds

Consequently, the picture isn't nearly as rosy for the Kamala Harris odds. She finds herself between +150 and +175 at most major sports betting sites. She's trading in the low-30 to low-40 cent range at Kalshi and Polymarket, and will need to make significant inroads in at least one battleground state – that likely being Pennsylvania – to have a chance at turning things around.

Election Day Polls: Who is Ahead?

Nate Silver

Harris: 48.6%
Trump: 47.6%

Silver, one of the most well-respected statisticians in politics, has the race as too close to call. And the final polling numbers aren't even the most narrow of his projections. He ran a final simulation at midnight on Election Day, and of the 80,000 sims, Harris was the winner in 40,012 of them compared to Trump at 39,718 (there were 270 ties).

Harris has led in Silver's polling data since the beginning of August, but her lead has shrunk steadily over the past two weeks and has been at one point or fewer for the previous several days. Truly, Silver has this one as a toss-up based on the polling data.

FiveThirtyEight

Harris: 48.0%
Trump: 46.8%

Silver's old stomping ground (he founded FiveThirtyEight) has the final polling data in a similar place. Silver's margin is thinner, and has been for slightly longer, but the patterns are similar: Harris pulled ahead at the beginning of August, maintained a solid lead until mid-October, then watched Trump cut into her advantage gradually over the last 10 days.

The overwhelming majority of polls FiveThirtyEight references has the candidates within two percentage points of each other, illustrating just how close this is.

RealClearPolling

Harris: 48.7%
Trump: 48.6%

How's this for a toss-up? As noted in our Trump vs Harris odds breakdown, RCP has this one as close as can be as of its final run of polling data, with just a tenth of a percentage point separating the candidates.

Unlike Silver or FiveThirtyEight, RCP actually had Trump in front of Harris in polling a few days ago, but some strong results for the Democrats narrowed the gap and eventually moved her back in front. But a .1 lead is hardly a lead at all.

Check out all of the odds updates throughout Election Night on our presidential election live blog.

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James Bisson
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James Bisson is a contributing writer at Covers. He has been a writer, reporter and editor for more than 20 years, including a nine-year stint with The Canadian Press and more than five years at theScore. He has covered dozens of marquee events including the 2010 Winter Olympics, the 2006 Stanley Cup final and Wrestlemania 23, and his work has appeared in more than 200 publications, including the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, Yahoo! Sports, the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail.

His book, “100 Greatest Canadian Sports Moments”, was a hardcover best-seller in Canada in 2008 and earned him appearances on CBC Radio and Canada AM. He has written more than 50 sportsbook reviews, more than 200 industry news articles, and dozens of other sportsbook-related content articles.

A graduate of the broadcast journalism program at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), James has been an avid bettor since the early 2000s, and cites bet365 as his favorite sports betting site due to its superior functionality and quick payouts. His biggest professional highlight: Covering Canada's first Olympic gold medal on home soil – and interviewing Bret Hart. Twice.

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