ManifoldPlay moneyPoliticsLikely noiseUpdated 12m ago

Will Democrats win at least 55 senate seats in the midterms?

As of Nov 1, 2026, 1:28 AM ET, Manifold priced this market at 17.1% (down from 22.0% 24 hours earlier). It had 275 mana traded in the past 24 hours and 1K mana of pool liquidity. probcast.co rates the support behind this price as weak.

Market probability
17.1%
−4.9 percentage points
over 24 hours22.0% → 17.1%
Big move, weak backingResolving soon

Play-money market (mana, not dollars) — thin market where small orders can move the price — but today's move came mostly from one account.

Price historyManifold

Source: Manifold price history

How credible was the move?

Methodology →

Move validity

Weak

Consensus stability

Forming

Contract clarity

High

Can you trust this price?

Two different questions: how hard the price is to move, and whose trading set it.

Market capacity

How hard is it to move this price?

Thin

Pool liquidity

1K mana

Bid-ask spread

n/a

automated market maker

24h volume

275 mana

Total volume

277 mana

Play money: depth is in mana, so it says nothing about real-money conviction.

Who's trading

Whose opinion is this price?

One account dominates
72%of the traded money came from the single largest account

Accounts

4

Trades

5

over 2 days

Largest order

200 mana

277 mana traded across these 5 trades (last 2 days).

One account did most of the recent trading — the price reflects that account's view more than a crowd's.

Recent trade activity$277 traded

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

What this market actually measures

Resolves YES if dems are projected to win 55 or more senate seats after the 2026 midterms by the associated press or nbc. Nebraska (Dan Osborn) does not count as a Democrat for the purposes of this market.

This summary shows the opening of the venue's official rules. ProbCast has not yet generated an independent plain-English interpretation for this contract — review the full rules before relying on it.

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Resolves YES if dems are projected to win 55 or more senate seats after the 2026 midterms by the associated press or nbc. Nebraska (Dan Osborn) does not count as a Democrat for the purposes of this market.

Why the odds moved

The probability fell 4.9 percentage points over the last 24 hours (22.0% → 17.1%).

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 arrivesNovember 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM ET

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

Derived from the contract's own mechanics as of Nov 1, 1:40 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 ±26 pts.

One big traderLegacy movement classifier: noisy

What's happening

medium 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 72% of recent flow
  • Move not broadly confirmed (4 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
19Low
Where the price path tends to go next361 observed
  • Illiquid / quiet98%

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

DurabilityHigh· half-life ~19h
PredictabilityStable

Secondary read: leaning toward Reacting to news.

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.

Change (pts)1H0.06H-4.324H-4.97D-4.9

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