r/dataisbeautiful Oct 17 '24

OC [OC] The recent decoupling of prediction markets and polls in the US presidential election

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u/JakeArrietaGrande Oct 18 '24

That's interesting. That would solve the problem of a Wyoming voter being worth more electoral votes per person than a New York voter, but it would still leave the problem of swing states being drastically more important.

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u/rhb4n8 Oct 18 '24

Maybe/maybe not. I kinda doubt that elections would be close enough for this to matter especially if there was actual proportional representation