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“Polymarket odds are meaningless because all users are outside the U.S.” is a deceptive narrative that probably works on people who don’t yet understand the difference between polls and markets.

In polls people indicate how they’re going to vote. An international poll obviously does mean much.

In markets people bet on what they think the outcome will be. At scale a lot of people and volume betting on an outcome is meaningful no matter where they live.

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