closes Sep 1, 2024
Who will be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee?
Feb 17, 9:56pm: In the event of more than one answer being correct, this market will resolve to the earliest answer created.
dglid avatarRon DeSantis
48%
dglid avatarDonald Trump
41%
AaronKreider avatarOther
2%
dglid avatarNikki Haley
1.7%
dglid avatarMike Pence
1.5%
BoltonBailey avatarDonald Trump
1.4%
Gabrielle avatarTim Scott
1.0%
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Aaron Kreider

Needs a resolve mechanism for Other. Or really you should have started off listing Other as option.

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Duncn

@AaronKreider Probably if an 'other' looks likely to win, someone will add that 'other' as a proper answer. However, you can add 'other' if you think it should be there.

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Aaron Kreiderbought Ṁ100 of Other

@Duncan Nice. I didn't know you could do that. Adding it now.

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Aaron Kreider

@Duncan Hmm, the problem is that if other people can add options - then Other will always lose. Other needs to split into the new options and other. Or you need to stop accepting new options.

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David Glidden

@AaronKreider New options will cease to be accepted at close. Agree that it’s unlikely Other would win in that scenario.

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Jonathan Ray

Perimutuel is a terrible format for prediction markets because there's little incentive to arb incorrect probabilities early. If I bet on youngkin 0.5% now I have no idea what my actual payout will be. Could be anywhere between 200-1 and 10-1.

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agabara

@JonathanRay There's a fixed payout version of the market here: https://manifold.markets/jack/who-will-win-the-2024-republican-no

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JAAM

Same here for arbitrage:

Gabrielle answered
Elon Musk
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Andrew Hartman

@Austin If the US did somehow acquire South Africa as a new state, then anyone born there would actually become automatically eligible. I think there's a SCOTUS case from like way back in the 1830s or something where a VP candidate (back before single-ticket) was born outside the US in a territory that later became a state, but can't seem to find the reference off hand.

Gabrielle answered
Elon Musk
Austin avatar
Austin @MattP You don't think there's like a 5% chance we change the Constitution, and/or Musk turns out to have been natural born all along, and/or the US annexes South Africa and retroactively allows people born their to be prez? (neither do I)
Gabrielle answered
Elon Musk
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Matt P @Gabrielle funny, but he's not eligible. Free money if we were able to short options. xD
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Bolton Baileybought Ṁ3 of Donald TrumpYou can apparently make an option that's the exact same as one that already exists, seems like this should be fixed.
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David Glidden @Gabrielle fair point about being the nominee! Would seem like a critical error, but crazy things have happened... ha @BoltonBailey I was specifically thinking of this market while listening to last night's episode too
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Bolton Baileybought Ṁ1 of Nikki HaleyNate Silver don't steer me wrong
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Gabriellebought Ṁ1 of Elon MuskOn the one hand, that’s a good point. On the other hand, it’s Elon Musk, so I wouldn’t be surprised about anything nowadays. I suppose technically there’s nothing stopping a *nominee* from being foreign born. :)
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David Gliddenbought Ṁ1 of Elon MuskFun fact I just learned today: Elon Musk was not born in the US so would not be eligible to run for President unless there was a change to the Constitution.
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Gabriellebought Ṁ10 of Elon MuskI hope not, but it seems somewhat plausible. He probably won’t, but he’s been getting more concerned about politics recently. If he ran I think there’s a good chance he could get the nomination, especially if Trump doesn’t run.
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Tetraspacebought Ṁ7 of Nikki HaleyCurrently at 7% on electionbettingodds.com
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hagibought Ṁ1 of Kanye Westafter trump everything's possible