The comovement of voter preferences: Insights from U.S. presidential election prediction markets beyond polls
选民偏好的共同变动:超越民调的美国总统选举预测市场信息
We propose a novel time-series econometric framework to forecast U.S. Presidential election outcomes in real time by combining polling data, economic fundamentals, and political prediction market prices. Our model estimates the joint dynamics of voter preferences across states. Applying our approach to the 2024 Presidential Election, we find a two-factor structure driving the vast majority of the variation in voter preferences. We identify electorally similar state clusters…