CNN and Harry Enten are using Kalshi prediction markets as election data. That’s a huge problem.

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By mid-October, the Democrats’ chances of retaking the House of Representatives had taken a body blow. Or at least that’s what you would have thought if you watched the segment CNN ran that day with Harry Enten, the network’s chief data analyst. Back in April, Democrats had an 83 percent chance of retaking the House in the 2026 midterms, Enten reported. But by that day in October, those chances were down to 63 percent. “A TWIST IN THE BATTLE FOR HOUSE CONTROL,” a chyron blared. Enten tweeted the segment with the line “Democrats’ chance of taking the House in 2026 have plummeted, while GOP chances have skyrocketed over the last 6 months.”

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