We’re not even 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second White House term, but gamblers are already looking forward to the 2028 presidential election.
And a surprise name hovers near the top of the leader board of potential White House hopefuls, according to the Election Betting Odds site.
The site shows that most gamblers think that California Gov. Gavin Newsom will be the Democratic candidate for president in 2028.
Newsom gets support from 17.5% of gamblers on Election Betting Odds, followed by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
On the GOP side, 44.5% of bettors think that Vice President JD Vance will be the Republican Party candidate for president.
But bettors have installed a surprise candidate behind Vance on the GOP leader board: Trump himself.
The incumbent president is getting support from 7.5% of gamblers, according to Election Betting Odds, followed by the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., who gets the support of 5.5% of wagerers.
President Trump, having been elected to the White House two times, is not eligible under the U.S. Constitution to run for a third term.
As for the big general election matchup, 22.9% of gamblers think that Vance will win the 2028 race and become the nation’s 48th president, succeeding current boss Trump in the Oval Office.
Just 5.3% of gamblers are wagering that Newsom will win the 2028 general election.
Newsom is term-limited out of office as governor of California.
There are reports that former Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the 2024 presidential election to Trump, is looking to run to succeed Newsom in the California statehouse.
Just 5.5% of gamblers are wagering that Harris will be the Democratic candidate for president in 2028, according to Election Betting Odds, which aggregates action from a number of other betting sites.
The site shows that 1.5% of gamblers think that billionaire Elon Musk, a top Trump aide, will be the GOP candidate for president in 2028.
