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Prediction markets on the 2008 election

Who do you think will win the 2008 Presidential election? Prediction markets, such as those at Intrade, have contracts on about anything you can imagine — e.g., Will the U.S. economy go into recession during 2008? Will United Financial to fail this year? Will the Higgs boson be observed before 2009? — including who will win in November. I am tracking 2 contracts, the probability that Barack Obama wins and the probability that John McCain wins.

These 2 series, along with their difference, can be found on this page.