Will Donald Trump be convicted of a felony before the 2024 presidential election?
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This question will resolve as Yes if, before November 5, 2024, any court in the United States convicts Donald Trump of committing a felony.
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3.00@MikeDillion This market required a felony conviction, the other market required a conviction in federal court
See my related market about whether he will be in a cell: https://manifold.markets/Xelad102c/will-donald-trump-spend-more-than-a?r=WGVsYWQxMDJj
From a NYT/Siena Poll, 35% of swing state voters thought that the [Manhattan] trial was likely to end in a conviction (the survey was between April 28 to May 9) .
Why the gap to 70+% chance on manifold? Voters are uninformed or partisan? Or are they a wiser crowd than this market?
From a different You Gov poll (April 14 - May 7), an estimated 45% of Americans think he should be convicted, and 22% think he will. Even just among Democrats, only 34% thought he will be convicted. Big gap from this market.
@StochasticParrot So you think he's guilty, but the jury will find the law against falsifying business records to be unjust?
@Snarflak I think he is expecting that at least one person on the jury is a Trump supporter who won't be impartial and will vote to acquit Trump no matter what. That's not exactly jury nullification in the traditional sense since it would result in a mistrial rather than an acquittal, but it would be jury nullification in the sense that the jury refuses to convict someone who is guilty beyond reasonable doubt because someone on the jury doesn't want to convict him despite his guilt.
@Simon74fe Well yes there's also that but I was hoping to convince people on the object level before pointing it out :b
@Simon74fe I think Metaculus is lagging because of the tournament format; you're not scored on any updates to predictions after the prize cutoff date, so people aren't bothering so much
If I'm wrong about this you should all spam me with this meme. But I think it's happening.
Read this guide to the Manhattan election interference trial by Just Security. It goes through every aspect of the trial, which is going to start in two weeks and should be over by mid-June. Some quotes from the guide:
"As an evaluative matter, our assessment of the evidence is that there is a significant likelihood of conviction. We also assess that if Trump is convicted, a sentence of incarceration is not unlikely. We anticipate that should that come to pass, Trump will be released pending appeal, which will be a lengthy post-trial litigation process."
"Ultimately, barring any major surprises at trial, DANY will likely be able to convince a unanimous jury of the 34 charges. We explain below much more about why, including why Trump’s defenses will likely fail."
"Justice Merchan said he expects the trial to take around six weeks, with DANY estimating its case-in-chief to last 3-4 weeks. Trials often take longer than anticipated, and our assessment based on the evidence and analysis in this essay is that it could take up to eight weeks. That being said, trials are inherently unpredictable and the case could take shorter or longer than all have estimated."
Take my limit orders if you disagree!
@Joshua Which case do you think it is most likely to happen in? I think it would certainly happen if all his trials happen before the election, but he seems to be succeeding in delaying them.
https://www.vox.com/politics/24055503/trump-trials-fani-willis-jack-smith-alvin-bragg
They didn't even cite manifold!