2016 U.S. Presidential Nomination Markets

The Iowa Electronic Markets is a futures market run for research and teaching purposes. Traders can buy and sell real-money contracts based on their belief about the outcome of an election or other event. Using this "wisdom of crowds," the price of a contract at any given time is a forecast of the outcome.

The IEM 2016 U.S. Presidential Nomination Markets are real-money futures markets where contract payoffs will be determined by outcomes in the 2016 Presidential Nomination process. There are currently two markets in this set:

DCONV16 — a winner-take-all market based on the outcome of the 2016 Democratic National Convention

RCONV16 — a winner-take-all market based on the outcome of the 2016 Republican National Convention

See the market prospectuses for specific details of these markets.

The markets are open to all traders world-wide. Consult our online trader’s manual for additional information.

Overview: Brief overview of trading information for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Nomination Markets

Prospectuses: Descriptions of the 2016 U.S. Nomination Markets

Data: IEM Data concerning the 2016 U.S. Presidential Nomination Markets

Political Sites

Fact Checking Sites

Related IEM Markets

If you have suggestion about other links related to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Nomination, please use our online comment form, or email us at iem@uiowa.edu. Thank you!