Why Democrats are running against the ‘Epstein class’

Surveys released this year from Democratic-aligned firm Navigator Research and progressive pollster Data for Progress back that argument up. In both polls, majorities of voters, including a majority of Republicans, believe there hasn’t been enough accountability connected to Epstein’s crimes and want to see more arrests and prosecutions. In a Navigator poll released in March, the share of Americans who said they believed Trump administration officials should resign over the Epstein matter increased when they were informed about officials in other countries being arrested, fired or forced to resign over Epstein ties. 

Prediction markets offer the lure of fast money. Young men say they like their odds.

Close to 40% of young men between 18 and 34 use prediction markets, according to an April survey from Navigator Research, a public opinion research organization. On Kalshi, one of the leading prediction markets in the U.S., roughly 3 million of the platform’s 4 million active users are male. Six in 10 of the platform’s total users are between the ages of 18 and 34. 

George Santos’ latest alleged scandal highlights the insidious rise of prediction markets in politics

Honest politicians are right to worry about the corrosive effect prediction markets have on public trust and good government. A Navigator Research poll published in April found that while more than 7 in 10 Americans have heard “a little” or “nothing” about major prediction market companies, they support “Congress banning anyone with insider information — so elected officials, their staff and others with insider information — from using prediction markets to bet on government actions like war, laws and other actions by net 49 points (67% support – 18% oppose).”