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To: zeestephen

These numbers are not of any value. IIRC, the betting markets were at 90%+ for Hillary in 2016 on Election Day.


3 posted on 10/17/2024 7:20:36 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Yes, they even paid out bets on Hillary before Election Day.


8 posted on 10/17/2024 7:28:43 AM PDT by philippa
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To: Future Snake Eater

“These numbers are not of any value. IIRC, the betting markets were at 90%+ for Hillary in 2016 on Election Day.”

Fair enough, but Commie-La ‘24 doesn’t exactly remind me of Trump ‘16. Back then, Trump was consistently 7-10 points behind Hillary in pretty much every poll, across the board. It’s a very brave contrarian gambler who’ll put up real money in the face of that. And yet many of us knew that there was real enthusiasm for Trump that wasn’t necessarily going to be reflected in polls. Are there legions of secretly enthused Kamala voters waiting in the wings to sweep her to victory? I doubt it. If she wins, it’ll be because they found enough phony ballots at 2:00 am after election day.


12 posted on 10/17/2024 7:36:59 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Future Snake Eater
Re: "These numbers are not of any value...Markets were at 90%+ for Hillary in 2016."

True, however...

No one - anywhere - predicted Trump would win Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, in 2016.

16 posted on 10/17/2024 7:43:22 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: Future Snake Eater

a lot of gambling money was lost back then


20 posted on 10/17/2024 7:54:36 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Future Snake Eater

While we all hoped, did anyone seriously believe Trump would win in 2016?

Most everyone I know and knew didn’t.

I’d probably have put money on cankles too.


33 posted on 10/17/2024 9:17:34 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (Execute Order 66....)
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