A lot. Polls estimate the percentage of the vote a candidate might win on election day. Players on PredictIt estimate the probability that a candidate will win the election. For example, a candidate in a two-person contest might be leading her opponent 60 percent to 40 percent in the polls. Candidates who lead by a margin this large just before an election almost always go on to win. Consequently, PredictIt may show a probability for the leading candidate of 95 percent or higher.
What’s the difference, in an election, between the probability a candidate will win and projected results from an opinion poll? Print
Modified on: Mon, 3 Sep, 2018 at 11:41 AM
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