The recent surprising shift in voter sentiment reflected on Polymarket’s prediction charts, displaying Kamala Harris ahead of Donald Trump. If we look at the charts, Harris now leads with 52% of the vote while Trump trails at 45%. This is quite a turnaround, considering Trump was leading just a month ago with a robust 72%.
The change was triggered when President Joe Biden stepped down from the race, paving the way for Harris to take the lead. Results from another poll by the Financial Times and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business also showed Harris ahead of Trump in terms of voter confidence regarding economic management. Here again, Harris managed to edge Trump out of the top spot for the first time since the poll began nearly a year ago.
Adding fuel to Harris’s momentum was her recent campaign slogan, “Crypto for Harris,” catching everyone’s attention. Spurring her rapid rise in the Polymarket chart, she managed to maintain an equal footing with Trump at a 49% chance of winning, eventually surging and maintaining her position over him.
While this has caused quite a stir, not everyone views this as a positive development, speculating that the public has forgotten Harris is part of the Biden-Harris administration – a noteworthy fact amidst the administration’s strict views on cryptocurrency regulation.
With the current political shifts and Harris in the spotlight, it leaves the crypto community with much to wonder how they might respond to her candidacy. Will her rise continue? Only time will tell.