ManifoldPoliticsUpdated 6m ago

If Democrats win the Senate in 2026, will the Senate confirm a new Supreme Court justice before January 3, 2029?

As of Oct 7, 2026, 6:06 AM ET, Manifold priced this market at 11.5% (down from 15.0% 24 hours earlier). It had Ṁ300 traded in the past 24 hours and Ṁ1K of order-book liquidity. probcast.co rates the support behind this price as moderate.

Market probability
11.5%
−3.5 percentage points
over 24 hours15.0% → 11.5%
819 days until the event deadline
Deadline: January 3, 2029 at 12:00 PM ET

A repricing with partial backing — read the new probability with some caution.

The pricing has partial support: moderate trading volume.

How credible was the move?

Three separate questions — a move can be genuine while the latest price is still settling. Methodology →

Move validity

Is the move backed by real trading and depth?

Moderate

The pricing has partial support: moderate trading volume.

Consensus stability

Has the market settled at the new probability?

Forming

Movement has slowed (3.5 points over six hours) but the market has not fully settled.

Contract clarity

Will the rules resolve without ambiguity?

High

The resolution rules are relatively specific, with a named source and a defined deadline.

Recent trade activity$300 traded

From the latest trade tape (most recent 200 prints) — a live activity sample, not a lifetime total.

Why the odds moved

The probability fell 3.5 percentage points over the last 24 hours (15.0% → 11.5%).

No verified catalyst has been linked to this move yet. ProbCast does not attribute moves to news without evidence connecting the timing of a specific report to the repricing.

What could move this market next?

  • The market's deadline arrivesJanuary 3, 2029 at 12:00 PM ET

    The contract must resolve based on what has happened by this date.

Derived from the contract's own mechanics as of Oct 7, 6:11 AM ET. ProbCast does not list scheduled meetings, announcements, or data releases it cannot verify.

Advanced analysis (experimental)

Research signals — these models are still accumulating the history needed for full validation, and they can disagree with the headline read. Model confidence: low · expected error ±23 pts.

One big traderLegacy movement classifier: watch

What's happening

high classifier confidence
One big trader

Recent movement was driven largely by one participant with little broad follow-through. The move may not represent consensus.

  • One participant drove 100% of recent flow
  • Move not broadly confirmed (1 participants)

Read with caution —Read the latest price with caution; conditions make it an unreliable summary right now.

More details — reliability score, dynamics, durability
Reliability score
21Low
Where the price path tends to go next1056 observed
  • Illiquid / quiet99%

Short-term motion of the price line (~1h), distinct from the environment above — not a prediction of the final outcome.

DurabilityHigh· half-life ~6h
PredictabilityStable

Secondary read: leaning toward Thin market.

A read-only classification of the market environment — how much weight the current price deserves as a read of consensus. It describes conditions, never a trade.

Market data

24h volume

Ṁ300

Liquidity

Ṁ1K

Total volume

Ṁ300

Category
Politics
Venue
Manifold
Open interest
—
Current probability
11.5%
7-day range
11.5% – 15.0%
Resolves
Jan 3, 2029
Change (pts)1H0.06H-3.524H-3.57D-3.5

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