Are prediction markets accurate on elections? The US midterms are a big test
Topics: 2026 Midterm Elections
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- The Guardian US reports: “Polymarket and Kalshi have risen for collecting the ‘wisdom of crowds’. But after high-profile blunders, some wonder if their predictions were just ‘stupid people getting lucky’Just as voting was d…”
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