Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

I don't feel they're good predictors because they're not representative of of the community where the votes are happening.

That's Ann Skeet with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.

Skeet says the possibility of insider trading makes prediction markets hard to trust.

Trust is actually kind of an intangible common good, and our trust in our election processes and our elected officials is one example of something that serves the community as a whole.