Predictions

Here's where to place yer bets on the next POTUS (and other election-based fun)

With landlines approaching VCR status, pollsters face heightened challenges to get the data they need. Maybe that led to pollsters missing Trump's upward trajectory, or maybe it didn't. But a new wrinkle in the political-prognostication game has been the entrance of websites like PredictIt.org, a self-described “real-money political prediction market; the stock market for politics.”

It’s part academic-research project and part unique way to invest (or wager, depending on your outlook) real money in political races across the country.

“PredictIt is an exciting new, real money site that tests your knowledge of political and financial events by letting you make and trade predictions on the future,” explains the site itself. “Although the stakes are limited, PredictIt involves real money so the consequences of being wrong can be painful. Of course, winning can also be extra sweet.”