https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise
Only applies to news events between 10/1-10/31. Any events happening outside of that range must resolve No.
@GGckr Charitably, I think this includes NC which was more of a surprise and still sort of developing as a story, and it’s a swing state.
@biased this is not a good option. There should be a standard ‘Other’ option. People keep adding answers but no one who is betting on this one then gets shares when new ones are added.
EDIT: I understand why the option is available but this still seems suboptimal.
@NicoDelon Other is only available when a single option resolves true. If multiple options can resolve true, then it is not available. Try it
@biased I know that but didn’t know this one could resolve to multiple options. Now that makes more sense.
@SaviorofPlant Florida surely should count here right? Most websites are listing it as a swing state on the margins and it's the subject of many polls, even if it might not end up particularly close.
@benshindel I don’t think that’s accurate that most sites list it as a swing state. There are 7 states that everyone recognizes as swing states.
There's 100 people who traded on it, it's the most contested option on this market. I'm reluctant to resolve it N/A.
I removed the option the option to add new answers which the creator planned to do anyways before they left the site. (Technically I toggled it so only the creator can add answers, but that doesn't really make a difference here).
So now this option can work properly, because people will not be able to add the unexpected event as an answer after the fact.
@mqudsi I actually saw a Politico article that called seemingly EVERYTHING that happened to date an "October Surprise."