Most bettors put less on the line. Andrew Schaefer, a forty-two-year-old father in Orlando, Florida, who helps people out of tax messes, also likes to wager on elections. He tends to vote Republican, but clarified that he is “not someone who thinks Q talks to him in his dreams.” Of political betting, he said, “It’s a hobby for many, a side business for some, and just a way to bet on red versus blue for the majority.