The Latest Numbers from Intrade on the Republican Nomination Process and the Fall Election

Mitt Romney to be Republican Presidential Nominee in 2012–92.1

Barack Obama to be re-elected President in 2012–59.2

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4 comments on “The Latest Numbers from Intrade on the Republican Nomination Process and the Fall Election

  1. KevinBabb says:

    Fully conscious of the admonition that “hope is the cruelest emotion”,

    I note that, by this metric, the President’s chances of being re-elected have dropped by about 1 percentage point–or about 10%–from last week’s figures.

    Hopefully, as they say on Wall Street, “the trend is your friend.”

  2. KevinBabb says:

    My 10% figure is incorrect…what I meant to say is that, over the last week, the extent by which the President’s projected probability of being re-elected exceeds 50% has decreased by about 10%.

  3. Cennydd13 says:

    Obama’s reelection would be the worst-case scenario.

  4. BlueOntario says:

    Personally, I’d rather that some Romney-friendly PAC paid me directly for my vote, rather than pay some media outlet to run ads. The good old days at least featured a keg of cider in front of the ballot place. Today the middleman has sucked dry whatever enjoyment there could have been out of chosing this or that product, er, candidate.