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Will Gavin Newsom win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination?

Market 24.3% against model 31.1%. Resolves in 864d 3h, data updated 11d ago.

Share on X
Market
24.3%
Modelsim
31.1%
Edge EVsim
--
Confidencesim
0.68
Risksim
25
Liquidity
89
Volume
$25,910,773

Decision layer

Watchlist candidate

The market is worth monitoring, but the current edge or evidence does not justify an actionable label.

WATCH
Edge
+4.0%
watch

Expected value after costs, not raw probability spread.

Confidence
0.68
clear

How much support the model sees across available inputs.

Liquidity
89
clear

Thin markets can erase apparent edge through spread and slippage.

Risk
25
clear

Resolution ambiguity, timing, and data quality pressure the decision.

Data
16/100
blocked

poor feature coverage.

Why / why not trade

One decision layer for the market read.

This public box mirrors the internal diagnostic style without exposing execution controls: decision, probability gap, cost-adjusted edge, blocker, and next thing to monitor.

WATCH
Decision
Watch, not action

side YES

Model vs market
+6.7pt

31.1% model / 24.3% market

Edge after costs
--

fees, spread, slippage, risk

Top blocker
Clear

Interesting disagreement, but the full action threshold is not met.

Next watch condition

Watch whether the market price moves toward or away from the model.

Read this market in three passes

1. Probability gap
+6.7pt

Model 31.1% vs market 24.3%.

2. Edge after costs
--

Raw disagreement is reduced by fees, spread, slippage, and risk controls.

3. Decision
WATCH

Watch, do not force it

Why this read matters

The market is directionally interesting, but at least one evidence, edge, liquidity, or risk condition is not strong enough.

Data quality
16/100
Open risksim
25
Liquidity
89
WATCH
Market
24.3%
Modelsim
31.1%
Edge (EV)sim
+4.0%
Confidencesim
0.68
Risk scoresim
25
Liquidity
89
Resolves in
864d 3h

Volume $25,910,773

Market-implied vs model probability

Market-impliedSOURCE: POLYMARKETModel estimateSIMULATEDModel above marketModel below market

Factor attribution

SimulatedGen v3 - V3 feature-model

The model estimates a 7-point higher probability than the market, primarily driven by historical base rate.

Factor attribution table showing how each input shifted the model probability
FACTORSIGNALWEIGHTLOG-ODDS ΔDIRECTIONDESCRIPTION
Historical base rate34%0.652BearishHistorical frequency for this kind of event — the prior before any market-specific evidence.
Cross-market divergence0.20Whether the same event is priced differently on another venue. A gap may signal an opportunity or a structural difference.
7-day price momentum0.357-day drift in the market's own implied probability. Sustained directional moves carry information.
BTC/ETH 7-day momentum0.207-day Bitcoin or Ethereum return, normalized. Applied to crypto-category markets only.
Rate surprise0.252-year Treasury yield reaction in the 48 hours after the most recent scheduled release — a proxy for how markets interpreted the data versus expectations.
Yield curve shift0.1530-day change in the 10-year minus 2-year Treasury spread. A flattening curve signals tightening expectations; steepening signals easing.
News signal0.25Reliability-weighted direction of relevant news from the past 14 days. Official sources (filings, agency statements) carry more weight than commentary.
Crowd forecast0.20Calibration-weighted average of user probability estimates. Only applied when 5 or more weighted forecasters have submitted estimates.
Model probability34.3%Prior: 34% · Market: 24.3%
Confidence (λ)0.68Final: 31.1% = λ·model + (1−λ)·market
Confidence components: data quality 0.16 · factor agreement 1.00 · liquidity 0.89

Comparable eventsseeded prior 34% - 0 matches (min 8 for historical)

EventOutcomeRelevance
Prediction-market favorites in national electionsFavorites at 60–70¢ won less often than priced in low-liquidity marketsDemo market — synthetic data; favorite-longshot bias applies.

Scenario treeEngine template

Threshold hit in first half o…p=14% · EV(YES) +76¢Threshold hit in second halfp=17% · EV(YES) +76¢Never reaches threshold in wi…p=69% · EV(YES) -24¢Milestone windowroot

Node probabilities are conditional on the parent; hover for cumulative path probability. Leaf EV is per $1 YES contract at the current price, before fees (fee-adjusted EVs in the table on the left).

PathPath prob.YES paysEV (YES, after costs)
Threshold hit in first half of window14.0%$1+72.9c
Threshold hit in second half17.1%$1+72.9c
Never reaches threshold in window68.9%$0-27.1c

Root-implied probability 31.1% reconciles with the model's 31.1% (±1pt invariant).

Why this mattersTemplate (no LLM key)

A 6.7% probability gap at a 24.3% price translates to 4.0% expected value per dollar of payout exposure after costs on the YES side. EV — not the raw probability gap — is the comparable number: the same gap is worth very different amounts at 50¢ and at 92¢.

What could make this wrongTemplate (no LLM key)

The model's edge depends on its inputs being right. Concretely: the base rate of 34.3% may not apply if this event differs structurally from its reference class; the pm.cross_market_divergence factor could be noise rather than information at this horizon; and with confidence at 0.68, the model itself concedes meaningful estimation error. Resolution risk remains: the contract pays on the precise criteria — "This market will resolve to “Yes” if the named individual wins and accepts the 2028 nomination of the Democratic Party for U.S. president. O…" — not on the thesis.

  • - Risk score 25/100 — composite of liquidity, volatility, time-to-resolution, data quality and category risk.
  • - Factor agreement 1.00: factors broadly agree, but shared blind spots are possible.
  • - Data quality 0.16 (simulated input in MVP).
  • - Simulated model values — this brief demonstrates structure, not live research.

Description

This market will resolve to “Yes” if the named individual wins and accepts the 2028 nomination of the Democratic Party for U.S. president. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of official Democratic Party sources. Any replacement of the democratic nominee before election day will not change the resolution of the market.

Resolution criteria (verbatim, with analyzer flags)

ambiguity 8/100analyzed by heuristic

This market will resolve to “Yes” if the named individual wins and accepts the 2028 nomination of the Democratic Party for U.S. president. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of official Democratic Party sources. Any replacement of the democratic nominee before election day will not change the resolution of the market.

Resolves Tue, 07 Nov 2028 00:00:00 GMT. The contract pays on these exact criteria, not on the thesis.

Suggested paper position

SideYES
Entry24c
Kelly fraction12.2%
Quarter-Kelly, capped3.1%
Category used$0 / $15,000
Size$3,060

Paper position only. No real-money execution

Live open-market tracking

Market move
0.0pt
Toward model
Flat
Edge closed
0.0pt
Snapshots
3

Since the first stored model read on 2026-06-19, the market has moved from 24.3% to 24.3%.

This is a directional diagnostic for unresolved markets, not final performance. Resolved outcomes still determine the official live record.

Data quality16/100 - poor

No feature snapshots behind the latest prediction yet. It ran on the pre-V3 path.

Risk factor breakdownsim

Inverse liquidity11
Price volatility9
Resolution proximity0
Data quality12
Category base risk55
Resolution ambiguity8
Regulatory exposure0
Portfolio concentration0

Composite score 25/100, higher = riskier.