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Who's winning POTUS? Will it be called on election night or drawn out? Congress? Etc

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

The current betting odds aggregations have trump at 58%, harris at 41%

https://www.realclearpolling.com/betting-odds/2024/president

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Well that's disheartening. Can't believe that many people prefer a racist con man to a competent woman.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Betting markets don't really have any predictive value. It's all vibes.

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago

This page has some background, but historically they've always beat polling and any other prediction algorithms as long as they've been around.

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