Will the Democratic Party win the MI-05 House seat?
Prediction markets currently give a 9% probability that Will the Democratic Party win the MI-05 House seat?. This contract trades at 9¢ on Polymarket, closing November 3, 2026. This market shows extreme illiquidity with zero 24-hour volume despite $27.6K open interest, suggesting the 9¢ price may not reflect genuine market consensus.
Analysis
This market shows extreme illiquidity with zero 24-hour volume despite $27.6K open interest, suggesting the 9¢ price may not reflect genuine market consensus. The 1,839% implied yield on the "Yes" side is extraordinarily high and likely a mispricing artifact stemming from the thin liquidity and wide 2¢ spread—such yields are unsustainable and indicate traders should be cautious about position sizing. With 201 days to expiration and a neutral regime score, this appears to be a speculative long-shot bet on a Democratic upset in what is presumably a Republican-leaning district, but the lack of trading activity raises questions about whether this price discovery mechanism is functioning effectively.
Resolution rules
This market will resolve according to the party of the candidate who wins the MI-05 congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The midterm elections will take place on November 4, 2026. A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time all of the 2026 House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democrat or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus at the time all of the House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. This market will resolve based on the result of the election as indicated by a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve based solely on the official results as reported by the United States government, specifically the Federal Election Commission (https://www.fec.gov/).
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