{"id":2463993,"date":"2025-07-19T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-2028-nba-star-appears-in-presidential-election-odds-after-polymarket-debut\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:10:05","slug":"lebron-2028-nba-star-appears-in-presidential-election-odds-after-polymarket-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-2028-nba-star-appears-in-presidential-election-odds-after-polymarket-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron 2028? NBA Star Appears in Presidential Election Odds After Polymarket Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flebron-2028-nba-star-appears-in-presidential-election-odds-after-polymarket-debut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2463993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the Democratic Party&#8217;s struggle to find a strong and promising candidate for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-are-the-odds-census-mistakes-overwhelmingly-benefit-democrats\/\" title=\"What Are The ...? Census Mistakes Overwhelmingly Benefit ...\">2028 presidential election<\/a>. Notably, some betting odds on Polymarket show unconventional names like NBA star LeBron James and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-says-wallstreetbets-might-be-russian-disruptors\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel Says WallStreetBets Might Be \u2018Russian Disruptors\u2019\">comedian jon stewart<\/a> each at just 1%, alongside politicians such as Senator John Fetterman, Rahm Emanuel, and hillary Clinton, indicating the party&#8217;s lack of viable frontrunners. Higher-profile Democrats like California Governor Gavin Newsom and representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have better odds (21% and 17%, respectively) but face criticism-Newsom for his handling of state crises and general mismanagement, and Ocasio-Cortez for her radical views and polarizing style. The piece also highlights Democrats&#8217; attempts to emulate the strategic media appearances like Donald Trump&#8217;s successful podcast spots by having figures like Newsom and Pete Buttigieg appear on popular shows.Meanwhile, Republicans present a clearer front-runner in vice President J.D.Vance, who leads in the odds. Ultimately, the article suggests Democrats are in a weak position and might consider even unconventional candidates given the lack of strong options.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>LeBron James 2028? Is that the head of the next Democrat ticket?<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats could try anything at this point given the party&rsquo;s acute lack of a promising candidate to challenge for the White House in three years.<\/p>\n<p>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/democratic-presidential-nominee-2028\/will-lebron-james-win-the-2028-democratic-presidential-nomination?tid=1752904188078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polymarket<\/a> election odds put James at 1 percent along with names like Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, Former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, former Democratic mayor and former ambassador to Japan Rahm Emmanuel, and former Secretary of state and former First Lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wh-filled-spot-hillary-clinton-portrait-used-occupy-special-trump-portrait\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other celebrities making the odds at 1 percent include &ldquo;The Daily Show&rdquo; host Jon Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>Polymarket isn&rsquo;t exactly a window into the Democratic National Committee&rsquo;s discussions about their next move, but it is largely reflective of the reality the party finds itself in.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>There really is not an obvious and hopeful choice for the presidential ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Even when looking at names with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-nurse-missed-this-symptom-of-her-bowel-cancer\/\" title=\"A Nurse Missed This Symptom of Her Bowel Cancer\">higher odds<\/a>, Democrats like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortes coming in at 21 percent and 17 percent respectively seem like a joke.<\/p>\n<p>Coverage of Newsom&rsquo;s handling of the Los Angeles wildfires and the more recent<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rep-luna-announces-plan-tech-billionaire-think-funded-la-riots-better-cash-mattress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> riots<\/a> (not to mention his overall mismanagement of the once-great state) expose his incompetency.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >news cycle moves fast<\/a>, but the entirety of his record as governor would be scrutinized during a campaign in the worst way, showing how poorly he ran the state, prompting a mass exodus.<\/p>\n<p>Cortes is simply too radical. Where Newsom can &ndash; in the very least &ndash; come off as likable and give a good interview, the New York congresswoman always presents as jarring, unpleasant, and condescending.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s obvious some Democrats are looking ahead to make a play in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom recently appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5BBq3Q_fHSU&amp;pp=ygUXZ2F2aW4gbmV3c29tIHNoYXduIHJ5YW4%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;The Shawn Ryan Show&rdquo;<\/a> and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bgx7GvYSq64&amp;pp=ygUccGV0ZSBidXR0aWdpZWcgYW5kcmV3IHNjaHVseg%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;Flagrant&rdquo;<\/a> hosted by comedian Andrew Schulz.<\/p>\n<p>Both understood how successful President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-gets-bad-news-poll-epstein-dems-get-even-worse-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hBMoPUAeLnY&amp;pp=ygUJdHJ1bXAganJl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;The Joe Rogan Experience&rdquo;<\/a> was during the election as that episode on YouTube as now been viewed 59 million times.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, trying an NBA star. It couldn&rsquo;t be worse than whatever other options are available. Everyone roared with laughter at the prospect of a Trump presidency during his campaign in the Republican primary and run against Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Look how that turned out.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans on <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/republican-presidential-nominee-2028?tid=1752933183778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polymarket<\/a> have a more obvious frontrunner with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-demolishes-gavin-newsom-governor-takes-cheap-shot-vps-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> at 56 percent. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a distant second at 7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Again, these are just betting odds, not a fly on the wall in the meetings taking place at the Republican National Committee or DNC.<\/p>\n<p>Run the professional basketball player. Run another celebrity. At this point, Democrats could run the corpse of former Vice President Walter Mondale, and it would be better than the frontrunners.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Could he lead the next Democratic ticket? Given the party&#8217;s significant shortage of strong candidates to compete for the presidency in three years, Democrats might consider any option. According to current Polymarket election odds, James has a 1 percent chance, similar to figures such as Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman, former Republican Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney, ex-Democratic mayor and ambassador Rahm Emanuel, and former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton. Other celebrities like &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; host Jon Stewart also share these low odds. While Polymarket doesn&#8217;t reveal the inner workings of the Democratic National Committee&#8217;s plans, it does reflect the challenging situation facing the party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2463994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Michael-Featured-Image-23.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[11331,32997,7873,59471,32183],"class_list":["post-2463993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-11331","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba","tag-polymarket","tag-presidential-election"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Michael-Featured-Image-23.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2463997,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463993\/revisions\/2463997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2463994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}