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Following Ossoff’s landslide re-election in Georgia, betting markets for the 2028 presidential election have become more popular. Although he still says he has no intention of running for office, he is considered an emerging leader of the Democratic Party.
democratic party Georgia’s US Senator Jon Ossoff won a landslide victory over his Republican opponent in the March 3 midterm elections. Not only was he successfully re-elected, but it also brought him more attention in the political betting market for the 2028 presidential election. According to the British newspaper “The Independent”, Ossoff’s market-implied probability of winning the Democratic presidential nomination has increased to 24%, an increase of nine percentage points in one day.
Ossoff’s implied chances of winning the 2028 presidential election in betting markets have also increased to 18% from 10.5% the previous day, four percentage points higher than Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and current Vice President J.D. Kennedy, the report said. Five percentage points more than Vance. However, these figures reflect real-time trading prices in betting markets and are not official surveys and do not represent actual election results.
Ossoff, 39,qiaozhou In the Senate election, he defeated Republican challenger Mike Collins, receiving over 2.4 million votes and a voter turnout of 58.9%. He is the youngest member of the current Bundesrat and was elected to the Senate for the first time in 2021 through a runoff election. Before this election, he was the only Democratic senator seeking re-election in a state that Trump would win in 2024, so he was listed as a prime target by the Republican Party.
Ossoff’s youthful image and speaking ability have led some Democrats to call him “the next one.”Obama “. Agence France-Presse reported on the 4th that Ossoff has been compared to former President Barack Obama for his smooth speech and political appeal. Obama himself also campaigned for Ossoff. A campaign volunteer said Ossoff reminded him of Obama during his speech and she thought he was honest and empathetic; however, some supporters believed the two political styles should not be directly compared.
An analysis by The Atlantic on the 3rd reported that Ossoff is not only good at calmly and sharply asking questions of Republican officials in congressional hearings, but also adept in social media communication skills. His campaign team developed a height shooting method called the “Ossoff angle”, combined with short and powerful political speeches, producing short videos that were easily broadcast on the Internet. This ability to communicate has gradually raised his national profile and attracted the attention of more Democrats.
During the campaign, Ossoff continued to criticize the economic and political policies of the Trump administration, and accused Trump of seeking personal financial interests and using the power of the presidency to damage the country’s economic and political systems. His campaign team raised more than 100 million yuan in political donations, providing substantial resources for the election campaign.
Ossoff gave a speech to supporters in Atlanta on the night of his victory, calling the election results a rejection of the Trump administration by voters. He said the Democratic Party’s job is not only to curb presidential misconduct, but also to correct deep-rooted problems in American society, and he criticized the Trump administration for corruption and incompetence.
Although this high-vote reelection has made Ossoff one of the figures being discussed in the 2028 presidential election, he himself has publicly stated that he has no intention of running for president. It remains to be seen whether he can convert his social media influence into national political support.
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She defeated her Republican opponent Collins in the Georgia U.S. Senate election, winning by over 2.4 million votes and a voter turnout of 58.9%. He was successfully re-elected. His high-poll victory also sparked discussion about his high-level political prospects.
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The main reason is that his victory in Georgia, a state heavily deployed by the Republican Party, has created a strong view about his 2028 election on betting platforms; The implied probability of the Democratic nomination has increased to 24%, and the probability of victory has also increased to 18%, indicating increased market confidence.
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Reports indicate that he is young, eloquent, good at questioning Congress and short video communications, and can attract supporters with sincerity and empathy. Therefore, some Democrats consider him the “next Obama”, but some believe that the two should not be compared directly.
