Will any Democrat vote in support of the next Speaker of the House?
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NO

Resolves YES if any Democrat votes in support of the winner of the Speaker of the House election, otherwise NO.

If they vote in support on any ballot, it counts as YES even if they do not vote in support on another ballot.

Context: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/02/us/politics/mccarthy-speaker-alternatives.html

A group of hard-right lawmakers has pledged to block Mr. McCarthy, Republican of California, in his ascent to the speakership, imperiling his path to the top job. But he was nominated by a lopsided majority of his conference and has remained the only broadly supported candidate for the post.

The threat that some of Mr. McCarthy’s allies have dangled — that moderate Republicans could band together with Democrats to elect a Democratic speaker should he fail — is highly improbable.

Fine print: Only the first-elected Speaker of the House in the 118th United States Congress will count toward the resolution of this market. (Any Speaker pro tempore will have no bearing on the resolution of this market.)

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