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Ask Fear & Greed: Why are betting markets more accurate than polls?

Update: 2024-11-26

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Listener Michael asks: Is there a difference in the sort of metrics or data betting markets and pollsters use in arriving at their prediction? In the US elections betting markets were confidently pointing towards one direction and the polls seemed to indicate a close race.

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