Political Operatives Warn Don’t Trust Prediction Markets

“The slow decline of traditional polling has left politicos, who are always desperate for numbers, in a lurch,” NOTUS reports.

“Two venture-backed prediction market companies are offering nothing short of magic to meet those needs: real-time odds on who will win elections, and even projections of how much they will win by. As these companies lean into aggressively gamifying — or rather, gamblifying — U.S. politics, political operatives are warning campaigns not to take them seriously.”