1) Today, the United States votes on its next president.
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3) Right now, prediction markets are around 38% for Trump. This is up from ~33% a week ago.
ftx.com/president2020
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4) Polls have Biden ahead by roughly 8% in the national popular vote; has Trump at about 10% to win the electoral college.
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8) Furthermore, Trump is signaling that he is unlikely to concede the election if it is at all contested, and may claim victory if it's close.
There is a real chance that two candidates will claim victory tonight.
That would be a shitshow.
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9) Prediction markets are running _way_ above models.
There are basically three theories here:
a) models don't understand how volatile the race is, or are missing Trump voters' enthusiasm
b) people are buying way too much Trump on prediction markets
c) contested elections
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12) Anyway we'll certainly be watching results closely, at fivethirtyeight.com and electionbettingodds.com.
(And, of course, ftx.com/president2020!)
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13) Finally -- the first results have in fact already come in.
One small town in New Hampshire votes nearly a day before the rest of the world.
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First 2020 results:
Dixville Notch, NH
Joe Biden: 5
Donald Trump: 0
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14) For more info on FTX election contracts, see
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Can we bet on both candidates claiming victory? Other thoughts and odds on alternative outcomes?
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sort of -- it's a corner case but there's some chance that _multiple_ could settle to 1, though it's really dependent on the order of events.
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