The 2024 election was filled with new and unprecedented developments in the history of American electoral politics: A sitting President was pushed out of the race by his own party. A mixed-race woman with Black and Indian heritage took his place roughly three months before Election Day. And their opponent, a former president vying for nonconsecutive terms in office, was convicted of 34 felonies while on the campaign trail.
As the melodrama unfolded, the ups and downs of each candidate were tracked not only in the polls but for the first time in modern history by prediction markets.
