Obama Approval Rating over 45% in 2014
Bet resolves as Yes if President Obama’s weekly approval rating exceeds 45% in the remainder of 2014.
For the purposes of this bet, approval rating means the answer to the question "Do you approve of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President" as reported by Gallup
Bet outcome: No
- Category:Politics
- Bet started:6 months 3 weeks ago (23-06-2014)
- Bet closed: 3 weeks 6 days ago (18-12-2014)
- Resolved: 1 week 5 hours ago (01-01-2015)
- Weighted No: 12`324
- Weighted Yes: 14`591
- Confirmed bets: 5 ( No: 3 / Yes: 2 )
- Histograph:
CONFIRMED BETS: 0.30 BTC
| TIME | BET | WEIGHT | BTC IN | IN | BTC OUT | OUT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-06-14 07:40 | Yes | 100`000 | 0.08000000 | 18ejo | 0.00000000 | 19YgU | |
| 23-06-14 07:40 | No | 100`000 | 0.02000000 | 18EJ8 | 0.04550677 | 17BxL | |
| 23-06-14 07:40 | No | 100`000 | 0.07000000 | 18eFT | 0.15927370 | 17BxL | |
| 24-07-14 14:46 | Yes | 82`386 | 0.08000000 | 18xaM | 0.00000000 | 17Hve | |
| 21-08-14 21:25 | No | 66`472 | 0.05000000 | 19B6B | 0.09221951 | 15q2P |
DISCUSSION
#3674: Anonymous 12-08-14 at 16:08
Not sure if I reading the bet correctly, but Gallup shows a recently weekly average of 42%
#3801: Anonymous 21-08-14 at 20:25
3674, What’s the confusion? The bet is that his approval rating won’t rise to over 45%. 42% is still less than 45%.
#3806: Anonymous 22-08-14 at 14:08
My apologies.
Very retarded,
#4439: Anonymous 05-01-15 at 21:00
This bet can be closed and resolved as NO.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116479/Barack-Obama-Presidential-Job-Approval.aspx