Will Pete Buttigieg and JD Vance be the 2028 Democratic and Republican presidential nominees?
🗂 Part of event: 2028 Presidential matchup →💡 What the odds say
The market puts this at about a 1% chance — almost no chance.
No money — just record your call and see if you were right. Yes is at 1% right now.
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Resolution criteria
If Pete Buttigieg (D) and JD Vance (R) are the nominees for the 2028 presidential election, then the market resolves to Yes.
ⓘ A market settles under its own written rules, which can lag what looks decided in the news — so the price may not move to 100% the moment an outcome seems obvious.
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