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Should election prediction markets be legal in the United States?

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Current split

How 53 Americans voted.

Yes — legalize and regulate them like other financial markets

30%

Yes — but only with strict insider-trading and position-size limits

30%

No — limit them to small-scale academic or research use

26%

No — ban betting on U.S. elections entirely

13%

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