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Polls-Based Forecasting Vs. Prediction Markets

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What happens if you did an opinion poll, but instead of asking each individual how they intended to vote, you asked each individual what they thought the outcome of the election would be?

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Felix Salmon (from the RGE Monitor):

The really irrational thing would seem to be why we still place so much faith in opinion polls. Opinion opinion polls would be much more accurate.

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