Biden SOTU Odds Include Designated Survivor, Topics and Ratings

Written by:

C Costigan

Published on:

Feb/28/2022

Biden SOTU Odds Include Designated Survivor, Topics and Ratings

White House chief of staff Ron Klain told House Democrats last week that he hopes President Biden's first State of the Union address Tuesday night will give him a bump in the polls.

The number-crunchers in Vegas think it will, albeit ever so slightly.

SportsBetting.ag has created more than a dozen betting markets for tomorrow's speech. People can wager on thingS like which staff position will be named first, who the designated survivor will be, TV viewership, length of the speech, keywords said and more.

Who will President Biden mention first in opening remarks?

Speaker of the House +240

Fellow Americans +275

Vice President +350

Members of Congress +400

First Lady +800

Senate Majority Leader +800

Who will be the designated survivor?

Merrick Garland +700

Tom Vilsack +700

Alejandro Mayorkas +1000

Avril Haines +1000

Gina Raimondo +1000

Lloyd Austin +1000

Cecilia Rouse +1200

Denis McDonough +1200

Marty Walsh +1200

Deb Haaland +1400

Janet Yellen +1400

Jennifer Granholm +1600

Michael Regan +1600

Xavier Becerra +1600

Miguel Cardona +2000

Anthony Blinken +2500

Isabel Guzman +2500

Katherine Tai +2500

Marcia Fudge +2500

Pete Buttigieg +2500

Ron Klain +2500

Kamala Harris +5000

Nancy Pelosi +5000

President Biden approval rating (according to FiveThirtyEight.com on 3-6-22)

Over 41 percent

Under 41 percent

Total viewers (According to Nielsen on 3-2-22)

Over 35 million

Under 35 million

Length of State of the Union address

Over 65 minutes

Under 65 minutes