Will the Democratic Party win the ME-01 House seat?

Predicted at2026-02-24 12:44 UTC
Prediction99.2%
Market (at prediction)91.0%
Market (live)

Analysis

Seven of eight agents converge tightly between 93-96%, with strong consensus on the key evidence: Solid D Cook rating, D+11 PVI, 100% Democratic hold rate since 2008, incumbent running for reelection, weak Republican field. Agent 1 (50%) experienced a complete research failure and produced a meaningless default estimate that should be entirely excluded. Excluding Agent 1, the ensemble mean is ~94.6% and median is 95%. The true informed consensus is 94-95%. The market at 91% appears slightly underpriced relative to fundamentals, but the edge is only ~3-4 percentage points. Even accounting for the small risks (Pingree retirement hints, primary challenge from Roberts, RCV uncertainty), a D+11 district with continuous Democratic control since 2009 is extraordinarily unlikely to flip. The midterm environment under a Republican president further favors Democrats. However, the edge versus market price (91%) is insufficient to meet the >5% threshold for a trade recommendation. The market is pricing this reasonably.


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