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Are prediction markets the new polls?

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Are prediction markets the new polls?

GZERO Media · Sep 15, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC

Want to know who will win the US midterms? Forget the polls – and follow the money. That’s the idea behind political prediction markets. Platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi allow people to speculate on political outcomes, turning everything from control of Congress to individual races into tradeable events.…