Australia is scheduled to hold a referendum on October 14, on whether to change its Constitution to establish an Indigenous advisory body. The proposal initially polled strongly, receiving as high as 65% support at the beginning of 2023, but has declined rapidly over the last months. Simon Jackman of the University of Sydney has a useful polling tracker: https://simonjackman.github.io/poll_averaging_voice_2023/poll_averaging.html
Australia's worst-performing referendum took place under the Hawke Labor government in 1988 and sought to insert constitutional rights regarding jury trials, religious freedom and government property acquisition. It received 30.79% of the national vote.
This market will resolve YES if the Voice referendum receives under 30.79% of the national vote, becoming Australia's new worst-performing referendum. Support by state, although relevant in deciding whether the referendum will pass, has no bearing on this market.
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@CU I wouldn't object. I think it's reasonable to resolve election markets without waiting for mathematical certainty, you can always make it clear you will ask for it to be re-resolved in the unlikely case that it turns out to be a misresolution. I will try to resolve most of mine tonight (edit: looks like I might not be able to until results are clearer).
@chrisjbillington done, although there's a slight trend towards No as postals and pre-polls come in, it's not going to be anywhere near enough to go under 30%.
Latest polls giving ~39% (calculated as YES/(YES+NO)):
https://www.pollbludger.net/2023/09/24/newspoll-54-46-to-labor-open-thread-3/
Very poor but still a long way off the worst.