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What do the prediction market on the Mei Moses Fine Art Index and the prediction markets on climate change have in common? →

The 2008 US presidential election was “pretty close”, and Nate Silver’s state poll aggregation “pretty much nailed” it.

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

The pretty good Andrew Gelman:

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This is a (not yet expired) static chart from InTrade on whether the RCP poll aggregation have been accurate:

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