What Prediction Markets Say About Brazil’s Runoff
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On 20 days of the second round of the general elections in Brazil, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, a PL candidate for the Planalto Palace, opened 68 points of advantage over President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), who will be competing for re-election on the Polymarket forecast platform. This is the largest global forecast market platform (prediction market) based on cryptocurrencies. Through it, users buy and sell contracts (actions) linked to the …
Flávio Bolsonaro beat outgoing President Lula in the first round of the Brazilian presidential election, with 47.03 per cent of the vote against 45.16 per cent, returning the outcome to a second round on 25 October. Polls gave Lula the winner; the predictive platforms saw the senator's lead since September. A denial that revived the debate about their reliability, while they were blocked in Brazil. L'article Election in Brazil: Predictive market…
Prediction Markets Beat Traditional Polls in Brazilian Election
While some national polls favored President Lula over Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, Polymarket accurately predicted the opposite outcome days before the polls, giving Bolsonaro a lead. This behavior is similar to what happened before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, when Trump emerged victorious. Polymarket Beats Polls In the Brazilian Election Prediction markets have become a reliable […]
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