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Will the Democratic VP nominee have held elected public office?

Settled as Yes

Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton say that as president they will change the way government works. One way to do this would be to select a vice-presidential running mate who is not a politician. Will they?For this question, a person is not considered to have held elected public office if they served in student government in high school, college or university or if they were elected to a position in a private organization, such as a labor union or professional association. Someone elected to a position by a corporate board of directors would not be considered a public official.An elected public official would be a mayor, governor, sheriff or elected judge, or someone who served on or in at least one of the following: city council; town or village board; school board; planning/zoning board or commission; county legislature; state legislature; U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Senate. Someone who was appointed to fill out the remainder of someone else's elected term to public office would be considered a public official, but someone appointed to a non-elected position (for example police commissioner or Cabinet secretary) would not.
 
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Yes
97%
No
3%
Activity: H$42,520
Settled as Yes on last Saturday 7:17am PDT
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Suspend date: Fri 22nd Aug 8:59pm PDT

Settlement date: last Saturday 7:17am PDT

Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 22nd Aug 8:59pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 90%

Action history:

Created Tue 26th Feb 7:08am PST by peterww
Edited Thu 6th Mar 3:44pm PST by chris[Admin]
Suspended Fri 22nd Aug 8:59pm PDT : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'Yes' last Saturday 7:17am PDT by destry[Admin]
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Predictions (42)

42 predictions

6 days ago
destry[Admin] predicted Yes (H$10,000 at 95%)
1 week ago
bayoubear[Admin] predicted Yes (H$5,000 at 91%)
1 week ago
camicalm predicted Yes (H$500 at 89%)
1 week ago
paul444 predicted Yes (H$500 at 88%)
2 weeks ago
cognos[Power User] predicted No (H$500 at 10%)
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