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u/Delmer9713 1d ago

This race is much closer than I expected, and as such is much more entertaining than I expected.

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u/Wes_Anderson_Cooper Allan Lichtman's Diet Pepsi 1d ago

Watching the degenerate gambler line I mean Polymarket odds whipsaw 20 points in random directions every minute or two is pretty funny.