Biden wins which states? Plus 36 other weird election markets. Tons of mana, 12k liquidity
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Nov 9
97%
New Jersey
87%
Maine
97%
Vermont
97%
Massachusetts
87%
New Hampshire
97%
Rhode Island
97%
Connecticut
97%
New York
59%
Pennsylvania
11%
Ohio
98%
Maryland
96%
Delaware
93%
Virginia
3%
West Virginia
27%
North Carolina
4%
South Carolina
43%
Georgia
15%
Florida
2%
Alabama
3%
Mississippi

Which states will Biden win the electoral votes of? 100% = Biden wins this states electoral votes. "Biden" generally means "the democratic candidate", details below.

If split then that state resolves proportionally to what he gets. If he is out then we use whatever the Democratic party replacement candidate gets.

Although Washington DC does have EVs that count, it is not a state.

After you're done voting on the states, take your shot at the {metamarkets}. Don't think too much, just have fun. I'll try to resolve them as simply and carefully as possible. Any resolution details needed will be below here.

In general by Biden I mean him or his replacement if he drops out. Same for Trump. This is awkward but it makes betting safer and is somewhat unlikely. I only require the exact person if I say so; otherwise Biden means the democratic nominee and Trump means the republican nominee.

If I say will Biden give a concession speech after losing that is not a conditional. That means both of those things have to happen. And given the above it doesn't have to be Biden himself.

In general by win/loss if not specified I mean winning the EV of states. So "Biden wins more land area" means Biden wins the EVs of states whose land area totals more than other candidates. Split EVs split the area proportionally to state. We will ignore state subdistrict etc. If proportionality doesn't make sense for example the prime number of won states market, I'll convert the won proportion to an integer. If split exactly it won't count at all. For counting states win, we force integer if possible.

This market is about traditionally defined elector wins and not about unfaithful electors. So its result, barring contested state results, should mostly be determinable quickly without waiting for the actual college to perform the ritual.

Proof generally must be found by election day +2 IE November 7 2024.

When I say election day I mean midnight November 5th, Pacific time. Although Hawaii is still open then. But if the election is officially delayed, we will reinterpret references to it based on that new date. This is because the goal of the market is to discuss candidate behavior and results, not limited by actual calendar date but rather by the functional effect, that is, influencing the election.

Regarding dates, generally the options for things happening last from the moment of option creation until the end of election day.

All replies in the comments below by me are merely guidance. The only official rules are the spirit of the market and the title and description. I am not here to trick people or exploit, or argue l, so I'll try to solve things reasonably. Please help me with this; we're all here to have fun.

All claims resolve in California time unless otherwise stated. I also sometimes say pt or pdt when I mean "the time in San Francisco" because I don't know when daylight savings starts or ends exactly.

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Will Biden win a clear majority of two word states?

I believe there are nine states that qualify for this: New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Rhode Island.

The median state in the group is New Hampshire, which currently has a chance of 84% of being won by the Democrats.

Will Biden states be in 4+ separate connected (on a map) blocks? Great lakes don't connect

Does this include Hawaii?

@benshindel Or Alaska?

bought Ṁ500 of Will Maine be a spli... NO

Will Maine be a split? EDIT exact split 2-2 is basically NO

@nikki Literally impossible unless third party gets over 30% of the vote

bought Ṁ10 of Biden wins majority ... YES

Original 13 colonies look very blue historically why are people betting it down?

@Ernie Carolinas are rough

bought Ṁ10 of Biden wins majority ... YES

@Joshua ohhh my bad writing. I mean wins the overall EVs of. Just like the other north border markets etc

@Ernie he's not gonna win all of the original 13

@Ernie dang. Fixed hope it's okay. Lmk

bought Ṁ10 of Arizona YES

Is "Biden wins more land area" by precinct or by state?

@nikki all the markets go by state EVs. For Maine we'll proportionalize statewide ignoring districts.

Will either candidate be photographed in or near a Cybertruck?

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bought Ṁ10 of Will Biden states be... NO

Added a bunch more markets. Let's goooo pickleball fans

Updated terms somewhat. We ignore unfaithful electors. Split states still resolve proportionally unless an integer is required.

Either major candidate wins a prime number of states

In general by win/loss of not specified I mean winning the EV of states. So "Biden wins more land area" means Biden wins the evs of states whose land area totals more than other candidates. Split EVs split the area proportionally

@Ernie does this still apply to the prime number question? For example, if 22 states go red, 27 states go blue, and Maine goes with 3 blue 1 red elector, does that count as 23 red 28 blue (and thus YES since 23 is prime) or 22.25 red 27.75 blue (and thus NO, since non-integers cannot be prime)?

@FaulSname good point, thanks. Updated terms

Biden wins the majority of the northern border: ME, NH, VT, NY, PA, OH, MI, WI, MN, ND, MT, ID, WA, and AK?

By number of states or by border length?

@FaulSname by number of states.

This might change if manifold-politics rolls out something super cool, but as of now this will definitely be THE webpage to have open during election night. I hope it gets giga-volume

Hey all I'll add more metamarkets if you suggest them. I've not allowed public adding just so I can try to make sure judging criteria are clear!

And let me know how to make this more fun if you have ideas!

Will all states Trump wins be contiguous? Excluding Alaska

How would this have resolved in 2020? (I ask because of Maine). I’m assuming YES, since it wasn’t a state win, merely an elector win

@JoshuaB I'd count that as winning a fraction of Maine which isn't connected, so NO

In general what about treating states with split electors as just two overlapping states of either color

Will either candidate switch VP candidate after the initial announcement+ 3 days?

Biden announcing Kamala Harris in the filing papers counts, right? (i.e. if he were to change from Kamala Harris now, then it would resolve YES?)

@JoshuaB yes if that was his official announcement already!