[lbo-talk] Intrade

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jan 28 12:07:10 PST 2008


On Jan 28, 2008, at 2:52 PM, Shane Mage wrote:


> They seem to discount completely the possibility of a multiple-ballot
> convention, and therefore give a virtually zero probability that
> anyone
> but Clinton or Obama would be nominated--even though the most
> "electable" possibilities are Gore and Edwards. Is this realistic--or
> just freakonomics?

Who knows? Intrade doesn't have much of a record. The Iowa Electronic Market

<http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/>,

which does have a record (see paper on front page of site), has proven generally more accurate than polls (god knows why), and it shows a mild bounce for BHO, but nothing like he saw after his victory in Iowa.

Doug



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