Balance of Power: 2026 Midterms
- Democrats Sweep65%
- R Senate, D House27%▲ 1
- Republicans Sweep7%
2 more
- D Senate, R House1%
- Other<1%
Pete Buttigieg: 34% on Oct 20, 27% now.
Each outcome's chance over time on Polymarket. The dots along the bottom are headlines about its subject: point at one to read it.
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The biggest swings over the chart's period, each with the headlines about the market's subject published in the hours before it. News and odds moving together is not proof one caused the other.
| Outcome | Chance | Day | Bid | Ask | Pays | Traded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Buttigieg | 27% | 26¢ | 28¢ | $3.62 | $23.7K | |
| Rahm Emanuel | 22% | ▲ 4 | 20¢ | 24¢ | $4.24 | $20.4K |
| Andy Beshear | 18% | ▲ 2 | 16¢ | 20¢ | $4.98 | $29.4K |
| Ron DeSantis | 15% | 14¢ | 16¢ | $6.29 | $3.4K | |
| Gavin Newsom | 13% | 12¢ | 14¢ | $7.14 | $90.9K | |
| Phil Murphy | 13% | ▲ 3 | 11¢ | 15¢ | $6.76 | $4.6K |
| Raphael Warnock | 10% | 9¢ | 10¢ | $10.00 | $4K | |
| Mark Kelly | 9% | ▼ 2 | 8¢ | 9¢ | $10.75 | $13.9K |
| Glenn Youngkin | 8% | 7¢ | 8¢ | $12.20 | $6.8K | |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 8% | 7¢ | 8¢ | $12.50 | $58K | |
| J.B. Pritzker | 8% | 7¢ | 8¢ | $12.50 | $7.9K | |
| Ted Cruz | 7% | ▲ 1 | 5¢ | 9¢ | $10.99 | $17.1K |
| Cory Booker | 7% | 6¢ | 8¢ | $13.33 | $17.4K | |
| J.D. Vance | 7% | 6¢ | 7¢ | $14.29 | $39.4K | |
| Don Lemon | 7% | 6¢ | 7¢ | $13.70 | $2.8K | |
| Rand Paul | 7% | 6¢ | 7¢ | $14.29 | $20.4K | |
| Kamala Harris | 6% | ▼ 1 | 6¢ | 7¢ | $14.29 | $70.1K |
| Beto O’Rourke | 6% | 6¢ | 7¢ | $14.93 | $11.6K | |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | 6% | 6¢ | 6¢ | $15.63 | $17.2K | |
| Brian Kemp | 6% | 5¢ | 6¢ | $16.67 | $4.6K | |
| Josh Hawley | 6% | 5¢ | 6¢ | $17.54 | $9.1K | |
| Vivek Ramaswamy | 5% | 4¢ | 6¢ | $16.67 | $9.7K | |
| Gina Raimondo | 5% | 3¢ | 7¢ | $14.71 | $4.5K | |
| Nikki Haley | 5% | 5¢ | 5¢ | $20.41 | $4.7K | |
| Hunter Biden | 5% | 4¢ | 5¢ | $19.23 | $58.5K | |
| Jon Stewart | 5% | 4¢ | 5¢ | $18.87 | $4.6K | |
| George Clooney | 5% | 4¢ | 5¢ | $20.00 | $5.4K | |
| Andrew Yang | 5% | 4¢ | 6¢ | $18.18 | $16.4K | |
| Josh Shapiro | 4% | 4¢ | 5¢ | $21.74 | $13.8K | |
| Greg Abbott | 4% | 3¢ | 5¢ | $18.52 | $4.1K | |
| Jon Ossoff | 4% | 4¢ | 5¢ | $20.00 | $27.1K | |
| Marco Rubio | 4% | 3¢ | 6¢ | $16.95 | $12.4K | |
| Tucker Carlson | 4% | ▼ 1 | 3¢ | 5¢ | $19.61 | $30.9K |
| Tom Brady | 4% | 3¢ | 5¢ | $20.00 | $9.7K | |
| John Thune | 4% | 2¢ | 6¢ | $17.54 | $5K | |
| Donald Trump Jr. | 4% | 3¢ | 5¢ | $22.22 | $9.5K | |
| Matt Gaetz | 4% | 1¢ | 6¢ | $16.67 | $3.4K | |
| Erika Kirk | 4% | 3¢ | 4¢ | $22.73 | $26.8K | |
| Marjorie Taylor Greene | 4% | 3¢ | 4¢ | $25.00 | $22.3K | |
| Donald Trump | 4% | 3¢ | 4¢ | $25.00 | $71.1K | |
| Elon Musk | 3% | ▲ 1 | 1¢ | 6¢ | $17.86 | $9.8K |
| Gretchen Whitmer | 3% | 1¢ | 5¢ | $18.52 | $5K | |
| Zohran Mamdani | 3% | 3¢ | 4¢ | $25.64 | $36.3K | |
| Wes Moore | 3% | 2¢ | 5¢ | $20.83 | $6.9K | |
| John Fetterman | 3% | 2¢ | 4¢ | $23.26 | $7.2K | |
| Kristi Noem | 3% | 2¢ | 4¢ | $23.81 | $20.2K | |
| Oprah Winfrey | 3% | 1¢ | 6¢ | $17.54 | $17.6K | |
| Ivanka Trump | 3% | 3¢ | 4¢ | $25.64 | $39.5K | |
| Candace Owens | 3% | 2¢ | 5¢ | $22.22 | $12.2K | |
| Hillary Clinton | 3% | 1¢ | 5¢ | $20.41 | $16K | |
| Elise Stefanik | 3% | 2¢ | 4¢ | $25.00 | $4.4K | |
| Steve Bannon | 3% | 1¢ | 5¢ | $22.22 | $20.5K | |
| Barack Obama | 3% | 1¢ | 4¢ | $23.81 | $11.3K | |
| Michelle Obama | 3% | 2¢ | 3¢ | $31.25 | $14.7K | |
| Liz Cheney | 3% | 1¢ | 5¢ | $21.74 | $3K | |
| Bernie Sanders | 3% | 2¢ | 4¢ | $28.57 | $4.3K | |
| Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson | 2% | 1¢ | 3¢ | $30.30 | $11.1K | |
| LeBron James | 2% | 1¢ | 3¢ | $31.25 | $16.1K | |
| Katie Britt | 2% | 1¢ | 3¢ | $32.26 | $26.4K | |
| Kim Kardashian | 2% | 1¢ | 3¢ | $33.33 | $6.6K | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 2% | 1¢ | 3¢ | $34.48 | $6.5K | |
| Mike Pence | 2% | 1¢ | 3¢ | $34.48 | $15.6K | |
| Jared Polis | 2% | ▼ 1 | 1¢ | 3¢ | $31.25 | $6.2K |
| MrBeast | 2% | 2¢ | 2¢ | $52.63 | $29.6K | |
| Mark Cuban | 1% | 1¢ | 2¢ | $55.56 | $14.7K | |
| Roy Cooper | 1% | 1¢ | 2¢ | $47.62 | $7K | |
| Sarah Huckabee Sanders | 1% | 1¢ | 2¢ | $47.62 | $8.3K | |
| Tim Walz | 1% | 1¢ | 2¢ | $50.00 | $6.8K | |
| Chelsea Clinton | 1% | 1¢ | 2¢ | $62.50 | $13.5K | |
| Stephen A. Smith | 1% | 0¢ | 1¢ | $20K | ||
| Byron Donalds | <1% | 0¢ | 0¢ | $10.3K |
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