Not every sports bettor will want to or like to bet on election events, specially if the bettor is not a person that is particularly interested in politics, like myself, I only started showing interest in politics not quite long ago, but as it stand, I have nothing to do with betting on political events, not when we still have alot of sporting event to bet on.
If there was a lack of sports events to bet on, then I possibly would have said that some bettors in order not to stay idle, will definitely take up betting on politics, but since there are alot of sporting events around, what the heck do we really need to bet on politics for? Not like winning there will pay more compared to winning on sports betting.
Yes, not all bettors have the same interest in political betting, some like it and bet and some will not bet. This is the same as in sports, for example someone bets on match A and someone else does not, so it is with politics. This is based on our intention whether we will and want to bet or not and all of our decisions will be in our own hands.
I see some people who bet do follow politics in detail and some others just expect the benefits. But what is interesting is when we have the option of betting when a political year comes, especially a US political year. Because previously I did not imagine there would be political betting like this, and now I can see it all, so this is one of the attractions in both politics and gambling.