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Flashback: What outcome were the betting markets predicting the day before the 2016 presidential election?
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Posted on 08/11/2024 1:43:36 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator

Factbox: Where the bookies and trading exchanges put Trump, Clinton odds

A Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Friday put Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton just 5 percentage points above Republican rival Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election. But major bookmakers and online exchanges are much more confident about a Clinton victory.

Here is where they put the probability as of Sunday of each candidate winning the election:

PredictIt, an online trading platform jointly run by Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, and Washington, D.C.-based political consulting firm Aristotle International Inc:

Clinton - 81 percent Trump - 20 percent

Iowa Electronic Markets, winner-takes-all trading market:

Clinton - 71 percent Trump - 28 percent

UK-based Betfair, internet betting exchange:

Clinton - 83 percent Trump - 18 percent

UK-based Ladbrokes, online betting platform:

Clinton - 83 percent Trump - 22 percent

Ireland’s Paddy Power, bookmaker:

Clinton - 83 percent Trump - 18 percent

Probabilities were as of roughly 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT) on Sunday.


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1 posted on 08/11/2024 1:43:36 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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The suggestion of this article is that we are Iin a 2016 Presidential race. This is flat wrong. The 2024 will be more like 2020 becAuse of the fraud


2 posted on 08/11/2024 1:50:57 PM PDT by ckilmer
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The suggestion of the article is that nobody knows what is going on....

The article is correct.


3 posted on 08/11/2024 1:53:19 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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Good find! Thanks for posting.


4 posted on 08/11/2024 2:36:58 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I will be voting for Trump/whoever he picks VP in November. If he loses in 2024, country is toast.)
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5 posted on 08/11/2024 2:43:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
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To: Bobbyvotes

Welcome!


6 posted on 08/11/2024 2:47:47 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: cgbg

Exactly. The gaslighting is off the charts.


7 posted on 08/11/2024 2:48:34 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: TigersEye

lol


8 posted on 08/11/2024 2:48:53 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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:)

I was afraid you might zot me for posting that face. lol


9 posted on 08/11/2024 2:53:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
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Too many people erroneously think the betting markets are a reliable way to know the state of the race. It is nothing of the kind and never has been. Time and again, they’ve proven wrong. Brexit was another example. People lost tons of money betting Brexit would be defeated.
The gamblers who are placing bets have no special “insider knowledge”. That’s a myth.


10 posted on 08/11/2024 2:54:24 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: TigersEye

I considered it — kidding! 🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂


11 posted on 08/11/2024 2:55:00 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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I wouldn’t blame you.

If I were a mod I might post a pic of Hillary ... and then zot myself for doing it.


12 posted on 08/11/2024 2:56:44 PM PDT by TigersEye (His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
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Better yet, why isn’t the Clinton crime cartel in jail?!


13 posted on 08/11/2024 3:08:41 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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Because it’s part of a much bigger cartel and we ain’t in it.

We do have the privilege of helping fund it though.


14 posted on 08/11/2024 3:12:48 PM PDT by TigersEye (His son nicknamed him Pedo Pete. (mic drop))
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Pollsters always over poll Democrats. Below is a video showing the Real Clear Politics average polling in swing states in the 2020 election. For an example, all the way through the summer, Biden led Trump in Ohio except for on election when Trump led by one point. Trump won Ohio by 8.

In Wisconsin, Biden led Trump in RCP polling the entire campaign, and on election day was favored to win by 6.7 points. Biden won Wisconsin by less than a point.

The discussion regarding the 2020 polling starts at the 2:40 mark in the video at the link. (The first couple of minutes is on current polling and you might find that interesting as well.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5IxAbVg-T8&t=161s

As I said, Pollsters always over-poll Democrats. Of course, we don’t need to ignore the polling, but we have to remember the Democrats plan is to demoralize conservatives and discourage new voters from going to the polls.

Also, part of the reason for polls constantly showing Democrats in the lead is so no one will be surprise when they cheat enough to win. For instance, they have shown GOP senators losing in states even when Trump is in the lead by several points. Do you really believe large numbers of GOP voters will vote for Trump and then vote for the Democrat Senator? I don’t.

Conservatives have to vote in large numbers to beat the margin of fraud. The GOP has to have poll watchers and attorneys in place in all the democrat strongholds to thwart the cheating. And conservatives need to volunteer to be poll-watchers, so as many eyes as possible are watching on election night.


15 posted on 08/11/2024 3:51:57 PM PDT by CFW
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But, but, but Clay Bevis says betting markets are always right and now they have it 59/50 and “he’s worried”.

What a putz and fool. Well, he did vote Obama and a libertarian. Frankly makes him an idiot.


16 posted on 08/11/2024 4:00:53 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Clay Bevis and Cuck Butthead are panty wadded, pearl clutching cowards. Rush deserves better.)
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To: CFW

Thanks for the insightful feedback and the link, FRiend!


17 posted on 08/11/2024 4:55:39 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: Fledermaus

Lol, exactly


18 posted on 08/11/2024 4:56:02 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: TigersEye

😂😂😂😂


19 posted on 08/11/2024 4:56:22 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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“Thanks for the insightful feedback and the link, FRiend!”


I’m always happy to provide info I stumble across to my FRiends here at FR. I had just stumbled across that video this morning and I bookmarked it so I can look for future videos by the guy. It will interesting to see what his predictions are as we get closer to November and of course how close he is to the actual results.

None of us are going to get any sleep the night of November 5th. I’ve already made sure I’m stocked up on coffee!


20 posted on 08/11/2024 8:45:09 PM PDT by CFW
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