Compared to the 2016 US presidential election betting thread, we are under budget and ahead of schedule. Not by too much though. I needed a little time to Clorox the forum first.

What are the best places on the internet for those who would like to tie up money for a long time at low returns with questionable organisations? Will the memes be able to compare to 2016? Discuss here.

predictit is best for americans. it's actually legal and regulated because somehow political betting is considered a futures contract by the commodity futures trading commission. you'll want to get your credit card rewards game in shape to mitigate their high deposit/withdrawal fees. betfair is best for non-americans. there are crypto sites that claim to offer prediction contracts with tiny volume and low liquidity.

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Trump loses

A couple months ago I got short a bunch of the longshots for the Dem nomination. It started because Andrew Yang was at 10% (lol -- he's still at 8%), which is the free-est of money, and then once my collateral was tied up, why not short Hillary at 2%, Gabbard at 3, Castro at 4, Beto at 7, Klobuchar at 4, Booker at 5, etc etc. Also shorted Bernie at 20, which may be more controversial.

And I'm short James Comey getting charged with a federal crime before end of year. That's still trading at 13, despite news out today that the DOJ will not prosecute for his leaked memo thing. I guess Trumpy conspiracists think there's something else coming?

The Comey bet and the Yang short illustrate the general principle of making money betting on politics: find markets that are distorted because people with irrationally strong political beliefs bet that their side is going to win. Most often this manifests itself as the general rule that you should bet against all Libertarians everywhere, but this year it's spilling over to the more conventional sides.

the classic fade your uncle in-law's facebook feed angle

lul not a single Libertarian was on Clinton to win in 2016. that was your embarrassment, liberals of 2+2

edit: ok i think i misunderstood your post, sorry! yes, bet against just about any libertarian politician running

Yeah, I'm referring more to how Ron Paul and Rand Paul both traded over 10% chance to be president at different points, which, again, is the free-est of money. Libertarians have tended to be strongly overrepresented on prediction markets, so their favored candidates' prices get pushed to absurd levels. The Yang phenomenon is the same thing, just Techno-Utopians replacing Libertarians.

The dem field is absolutely tragic. Biden, Harris and Warren make Hillary look exciting and fresh. Doesn't help that with the way their system works it's basically impossible for anyone outside the big 3 to win the Dem nomination. Regardless of who gets it the Dems will be very divided and there will probably be pretty big apathy in their base come 2020.

On the other hand Trump has failed to deliver to his core voters in every regard. Didn't deliver on the wall, didn't deliver on immigration, didn't deliver for the working class. We won't see a repeat of the midwest surge and states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are almost certainly going back blue. Apathy will probably be the right word to describe Trump's base as well.

All in all it will probably be a historically low turnout with an edge for the Dem candidate.

Apathetic? On either side? Do you go outside, or watch TV, or use the internet? People may not love their candidate, but they're going to absolutely hate the other side.

I don't know who's going to win, but it'll be historically high turnout.

thats very interesting, thank you

ummm wat? Are you not in the US?

edit: can I bet against a historically low turnout?

im willing to bet 22k on trump

political betting threads. it took just 12 posts for someone to throw out a 22k challenge bet.

you like Yang at 10% or you calling this a short? not sure what you're saying. i know absolutely nothing other than yang seems pro-crypto so i like him.

He's calling it an easy short. Which it is.

It's a freeroll anyway. Yang wins and you will be cashing dem sweet freedom dividend checks.

Fake news. I'm not American.

ah, incoming 2+2'ers talking politics

i'll be interested in any lines posted and gambling-related information such as news on Augur v2

Does Tulsi Gabbard fall under bet against all Libertarians everywhere theorem?

I actually like shorting Yang at 8%... if it was actually 8%. Doesn't preddict take like 5% of every cashout + a % of winnings. What does that even net to.. 1-2%?

These are all good shorts depending on Preddict's fees, which make them substantially worse.

Yes high fees. Sign up with a bunch of new high bonus credit cards and deposit with them. Don't cashout after every bet. Only bet easy winners. Might as well get paid for being politically informed citizens CodythePATRIOT

I still cant get over the 'historically low turn out' post

I nearly posted the same thing. If there's one record 2020 isn't going to break it's 'historically low turnout'.

Swoop, I seem to recall you posting a lot in the past election thread, and I think you were even getting involved in the state primary markets. How'd you fare, both ROI-wise and profit-wise? Was it worth your time?