Neumann estimates that 3,000 people or so [COULD BE LESS] use their online accounts for the presidential contract-trading.
Pitiful.
Ludicrous minute numbers for a prediction exchange that is on the scene since day one (1988).
Laughable numbers.
Ridiculous numbers.
The commercial prediction exchanges (InTrade-TradeSports, BetFair, etc.) make a better job at evangelizing the prediction markets on politics (not just on US politics) than IEM.
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