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Re: Senators Denounce Policy Analysis Markets

fabio guillermo rojas
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:24:55 -0700


On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Jeffrey Rous wrote:

> I seem to remember looking at the Iowa Electronic Market right before
> the 2000 election and noticing that it had Gore winning the
> winner-take-all and Bush getting a higher percentage of the vote. And
> I remember thinking that this was just an indication of how close the
> race really was.
> 
> Am I remembering this correctly.

Yes, that is correct. I remember making the same observation. I think the
Iowa markets seem to do better than most pundits. Fabio