The Market Institute

I recently visited the website Intrade to check out the elections, and I was very surprised with what I found. If you aren’t familiar with Intrade it is an online community where you can bid, like the stock market, on the odds of almost anything happening. The way that it works is that users buy and [...]

White House conceding independent votes in 2010 (New York Times). The White House currently has their hands full trying to convince liberals to vote, so convincing independents isn’t anywhere close to their game plan. Additionally, independents tend to vote against the majority in elections anyway.

Gallup survey gives the Republicans an 18 point lead in low turnout scenario (Gallup, USA Today, The Hill and Fox News’ Special Report). The poll also gives Republicans a 13 point lead in a high turnout scenario. These numbers forecast huge gains for Republicans in November, but they are also forecast to tighten over the [...]

Three more states will vote on Healthcare mandate in November (Washington Times). Following Missouri’s lead, voting 71% against the mandate, Arizona, Colorado, and Oklahoma will decide this fall whether or not to opt out of the mandate.