• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 hours ago

    Your comment was based entirely in treating gambling as a way of determining the likelihood of Steyer making it to the general, I don’t particularly feel like there should need to be a justification for my opinion when that’s essentially making stuff up, lol. But since you asked, I’m basing that on the fact that around 30% of the vote remains uncounted and actual news agencies haven’t called it yet, which means they think there’s still a possibility. This used to be how we thought about election results when they were being tallied in the distant year of 2024.

    • Starik@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      It’s not just made up. People placing bets are looking at the voting histories of the precincts with outstanding votes. A 4% chance is not a ~0% chance, so they haven’t called it. But neither is it a 50% chance.