What will happen in the week of the United States presidential election? [Add answers]
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Nov 4
99%
More than a million people die
85%
Donald Trump declares victory
82%
There is a polling error of at least 7% from the FiveThirtyEight or RealClearPolitics average for a state in a presidential, Senate, or governor election (average must contain at least 5 polls)
82%
Manifold breaks its record for daily active users
76%
Donald Trump says that the election was rigged
69%
The Associated Press calls control of the House of Representatives for one party or the other
68%
The S&P 500 closes higher at the end of the week than the beginning
57%
Kamala Harris declares victory
57%
Turnout in the 2024 election is lower than it was in 2020
53%
At least half the swing states vote to the left of their RCP polling averages. (AZ, GA, MI, NV, PA, WI Presidential)
49%
Combined votes for all third-party candidates exceeds 3% in at least one state
43%
There is an op-ed in the New York Times questioning whether Biden dropping out was the right decision
43%
At least one instance of someone applying zip ties to their neighbors.
42%
Mysterious spray paint blazes appear on suburban trees, mailboxes, and driveways.
41%
A gun is fired at a location where votes are being counted.
40%
The New York Times has an article about trans people
37%
A single party wins the presidency, the House of Representatives, and the Senate
35%
There is a riot at a location where votes are being counted.
31%
Someone with less than a 3 percent of winning in the FiveThirtyEight forecast wins their House race
30%
A magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquake occurs somewhere on Earth and is reported on https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map

For purposes of this market, the week of the election runs from Monday, November 4, 2024 to Sunday, November 11, 2024. The market runs in Pacific time.

All events must occur during this week. Any election results that are not certain by midnight PST on November 12 will resolve N/A.

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A magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquake occurs somewhere on Earth and is reported on https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map

While I'm hesitant to bet on an option I made, 30% still seems shockingly high to me at time of comment.

More than a million people die

[Oops, already answered. My bad.] In the world, generally, including the course of normal events, or in the United States, as a result of the election?

sold Ṁ3 There is a polling e... YES

apparently manifold thinks there is a 18% chance of cancer being cured by that week or something

A gun is fired at a location where votes are being counted.
Mysterious spray paint blazes appear on suburban trees, mailboxes, and driveways.

@Slackhammer What context am I missing here? I'm genuinely curious about what this would be. The Just Stop Oil movement?

Also, how significant is that "and"? Do all 3 need to be true to resolve YES?

No, all three don't need to be true.

I can't find the news article, but back in 2020 or 2022, someone in California was spraypainting blue marks on the driveways of Democratic voters, based on their voter registration records. That's what I recall, anyway.

@Quroe No, not specifically spray paint, but these were put up by the voters themselves. I was thinking of right-wingers marking out their neighbors for intimidation and future violence purposes. Trump campaign texts/emails have contained lightly veiled, "if you don't vote for Trump, we'll know," threats, and those were sent to known supporters.

More than a million people die

8 billion people /100 years life expectancy / 52 weeks in a year = ~1.5 million
Seems like too much of a sure thing?

Even if we wanted something like 2m deaths in the week, where would numbers be available to resolve this?

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ shows 22.4 million deaths this year approx 15 weeks so my rough calculation above seems in agreement with this.

Donald Trump says that the election was rigged

Do comments like he made in 2016 ("President-elect Donald Trump alleged Sunday, without evidence, that “millions of people” voted illegally for Hillary Clinton") count?

@HarryHayfield Is this referring to the presidential race or would something like a late House call count too?

@SaviorofPlant The Presidential Race

Seems pretty unlikely. California will probably take a few weeks to count the votes, but the outcome of the election there is basically guaranteed.

Combined votes for all third-party candidates exceeds 3% in at least one state

Presidential candidates, to clarify

Donald Trump declares victory
bought Ṁ20 Donald Trump declare... YES

Does anyone seriously expect Trump to concede?

@TimothyJohnson5c16 I am also baffled that people are bidding this down

I don't think it's impossible, especially if he loses by a large margin