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Prediction market bettors are the new political pundits. Why are we listening to them? | Judith Levine
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. The Guardian Business is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 2 Nov 2026, 11:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Prediction market bettors are the new political pundits. Why are we listening to them? | Judith Levine”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Sites like Kalshi and Polymarket offer faux populism as elites reap the benefits – and voters risk being misled Online betting is a bit like Donald Trump. The prediction markets – platforms where users bet on whether events will occur – pretend to be populist, pushing the nabobs aside and…
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