Nate Silver called it:

Mike Johnson remains Speaker of the House through 11/3/2026

We find out by Nov 3, 2026. 68 days to go

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Nate Silver: “Mike Johnson remains Speaker of the House through 11/3/2026

🔒 The test · locked Aug 28, 2026

MET if Mike Johnson is the sitting Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, per official House records in every period, before 2026-11-03 23:59 (America/New_York).

Settles by documented review of public evidence against these locked criteria; the reviewer is named and the reasoning published.

Test details
Settled byevidence
Window2025-01-26 2026-11-03
TimezoneAmerica/New_York
Data vintagelatest_revision
Min source tier1
Stated likelihood60% — preserved, never scored
Contract hash0x2b40a1a7…4f266f
Full resolution criteria

Resolves YES if Mike Johnson holds the office of Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives continuously from January 26, 2025 through November 3, 2026. Resolves NO if at any point in that window another person holds or is elected to the speakership (a brief vacancy or speaker pro tempore replacing Johnson counts as NO).

Quote verified against the source

Nate SilverSilver Bulletin (Substack)Said Jan 26, 2025Added to Thonest Aug 28, 2026Anchored Aug 28, 2026

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Sixth listed prediction in Silver's Jan 26, 2025 post, given 60% against a Manifold market he cites at 50%.

History — append-only

2026-08-28
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Proof

Evidence hash0x3ad35eed…15bc8b
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Record fingerprint0x3ad35eed86254f73c666486800722f9e54d9e4dd9e533b2a54a96d514c15bc8b
Proof path
2 hashes from this record to the anchored root
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  2. 0x27b50def16142ce1deed8af05188ea6ed6778c2f07058063d6d03e2f1a837e1a
Merkle root0x38b8849f0f7172f2a94a0d6685a875a2e4779d02bd024ac71c1bedea0a0d4dc6
batch #101 manifest · 4 entries
Registry0x3d74d9e2f0f4c741fc49b34cc119b6db0cef47c0 · entry #105
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Anchored onchainbase-mainnet · Aug 28, 2026
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Third-party archiveNone
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Quote checkThe quote appears verbatim in the response the platform returned.
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