Author: Ellen Morrissey
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Joe Biden (D) hits highest share price in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market since September 2022
As of April 23, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows President Joe Biden (D) at $0.54 and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.45. Biden has held the lead in this market since March 31, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
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Democratic party committees hold $100 million fundraising edge over Republican party committees
The three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $462 million and spent $360 million for the 2024 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $375 million and spent $300 million. That data is through March 31, 2024, the end of the most recent party committee campaign finance filing period.…
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Joe Biden (D) maintains lead in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market
As of April 16, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows President Joe Biden (D) at $0.52 and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.45. Biden has held the lead in this market since March 31, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
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Joe Biden (D) hits highest share price in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market since September 2022
As of April 10, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows President Joe Biden (D) at $0.52, the highest share price he has received since September 2022. Former President Donald Trump (R) is at $0.45. Biden has held the lead in this market since March 31, 2024. No other candidate has more than a…
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Joe Biden (D) has second-lowest Cabinet turnover among 21st century presidents
Joe Biden (D) has the second-lowest Cabinet turnover among presidents who have served since 2001. Four of Biden’s Cabinet secretaries and Cabinet-level appointees have resigned so far in his administration. George W. Bush (R) saw the lowest Cabinet turnover as of April 8 in the fourth year of his presidency, at three Cabinet-level resignations. Barack…
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Joe Biden narrowly leads PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market
As of April 2, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows President Joe Biden (D) at $0.48 and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.46. Biden has held the lead in this market since March 31, 2024. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls…
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Joe Biden’s approval at 40% at end of March
At the end of March, approval polling averages showed President Joe Biden (D) at 40% approval. Fifty-six percent of voters disapproved of his performance. This was one point lower than the approval rating he received at the end of February. Throughout March, Biden’s approval rating stayed primarily at 40%. The lowest approval rating he’s received…
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Joe Biden issued four executive orders in March
President Joe Biden (D) issued 4 executive orders in March, bringing his total to 137. The four orders he issued in March were: Biden issued 25 executive orders in January 2021, more than any other month of his presidency. He did not issue any executive orders in November 2022, January 2023, and January 2024. Biden…
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Democratic party committees cumulatively outraise Republican counterparts for fourteenth consecutive month
As of Feb. 29, 2024, the end of the most recent party committee campaign finance filing period, the three committees associated with the Democratic Party have raised a cumulative $393 million and spent $331 million for the 2024 election cycle, while the three committees associated with the Republican Party have raised $320 million and spent…
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Joe Biden, Donald Trump tied in PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market
As of March 19, 2024, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market shows President Joe Biden (D) and former President Donald Trump (R) tied at $0.47. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. The share price, which rises and falls based on market demand, roughly corresponds to the market’s estimate of the probability…