Will the next President of the United States die in office?
Will the next President of the United States die in office?
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The next President of the United States will be inaugurated on 25 January 2025. Will he or she die while in office?

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There is arbitrage opportunities available here with what appears to be identical markets:

https://manifold.markets/resourceabet/will-the-next-president-die-while-i

10mo

On life table base rates this should be ~0.37 for Biden, ~0.27 for Trump, and Biden is currently trading at 0.48 🤔

https://manifold.markets/LarsDoucet/will-joe-biden-win-the-2024-us-pres

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

@prodict part of that probability mass should be eaten up by the chance of getting a debilitating condition and resigning before dying.

bought Ṁ100 NO10mo

Does it count if the president has health problems, goes to the hospital for an extended period of time, is replaced by their VP, and then dies before the end of the term?

bought Ṁ150 YES10mo

@ZaneMiller it should, imo.

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