Ezra Klein Show: Will Simon Rosenberg be right that Biden will win by a margin in the "high single digits"?
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On January 25's edition of the Ezra Klein Show, guest Simon Rosenberg said, "If we run a good campaign, and execute well, I think we're (Biden) going to win this election by high single digits."

I will judge this market by the national popular vote for the presidential race. "High single digits" will mean >7% and <10%. I will use reporting from the Associated Press to determine the margin, and will close this market once the answer is clear (the number of outstanding votes < the margin needed to determine the answer). I will not account for whether Biden runs a good campaign or executes well. The electoral college results will not factor in here, so if Biden wins the popular vote by 8% and somehow still loses the election, this will resolve as Y.

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Does he have to win the electoral college at all or just the popular vote by 7%?

@wilsonkime Nope. I won't factor in the electoral college results at all.

I would hope somebody with a 7+% margin would win the ec... but we live in strange times.

I'm curious about the Y mentality here. Recent history suggests we should expect very close margins in national races. I'm assuming the 24% chance stems from the expectation that Trump might be indicted or otherwise have his campaign crater, is this correct?

@VerySeriousPoster I think people here tend to slightly overestimate Biden's chances vs Trump.

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@BrunoParga This is not about slightly overestimating Biden though. Winning popular vote by that margin last happened in 2008, before that ‘96. So it seems quite unusual to me anyway. But we’re betting on only one of them here, so that makes it even less likely.

@BrunoParga Everyone's huffing hopium, meanwhile I'm shooting doomium.