At the beginning of the year, prediction markets and professional investors doubted that Democrats could win both the House and the Senate. In January, Kalshi assigned only a 28% probability to Democrats winning control of both chambers of Congress. That forecast became more favorable in the week before the election, when prediction markets gave Democrats strong odds of taking control of Congress. The example shows that market forecasts can change quickly and that their credibility should not be overstated.
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