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Cai Wilshaw surveys the polling and betting landscape in the final week of the campaign... https://betting.betfair.com/politics/us-politics/us-election-polls-latest-the-race-tightens-even-as-betting-markets-favour-trump-291024-1353.html https://betting.betfair.com/politics/us-politics/us-election-polls-latest-the-race-tightens-even-as-betting-markets-favour-trump-291024-1353.html Politics Explained US Politics Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:40:00 +0000 With just over a week to go before the 2024 US Presidential Election, Cai Wilshaw is on his penultimate profile of the seven key swing states and focusing now on Pennsylvania... https://betting.betfair.com/politics/us-politics/us-election-swing-state-prediction-spotlight-on-pennsylvania-with-trump-at-45-to-carry-the-state-251024-1353.html https://betting.betfair.com/politics/us-politics/us-election-swing-state-prediction-spotlight-on-pennsylvania-with-trump-at-45-to-carry-the-state-251024-1353.html Politics Explained US Politics Sat, 26 Oct 2024 10:24:00 +0100 With just over a week to go before the 2024 US Presidential Election, Cai Wilshaw is reaching the end of his profiles of the seven key swing states and focusing next on North Carolina... https://betting.betfair.com/politics/us-politics/us-election-swing-states-prediction-spotlight-on-north-carolina-as-trump-67-likely-to-carry-the-state-251024-1353.html https://betting.betfair.com/politics/us-politics/us-election-swing-states-prediction-spotlight-on-north-carolina-as-trump-67-likely-to-carry-the-state-251024-1353.html Politics Explained US Politics Sat, 26 Oct 2024 10:15:00 +0100 How are the polls looking for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris? And how do they stack up to the betting markets? Cai Wilshaw looks at the ins and outs of the last few days of polls and where the two campaigns stand... https://betting.betfair.com/politics/us-politics/us-election-polls-latest-harris-marginally-ahead-but-still-very-close-231024-1353.html https://betting.betfair.com/politics/us-politics/us-election-polls-latest-harris-marginally-ahead-but-still-very-close-231024-1353.html Politics Explained US Politics Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:57:00 +0100 What is a swing state and how is it possible for them to decide the outcome of the US election? 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