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Paloma Valencia win (Colombia 2026)

Will Paloma Valencia win the 2026 Colombian presidential election?

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EHIQ graded opening
10%
Polymarket
20%
live market →
gap vs market
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The number above is the forecast (polls only)

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The call vs the market, dated

Graded opening 10% (May 10). The opening is the graded value. Market at open (Polymarket): 20%.
Market has since moved up to 20% · +0.3pp toward EHIQ opposite

Thesis

Polymarket prices Valencia at ~20%. EHIQ at 10% — 10pp below the market. Valencia won March 8 Centro Democrático primary (beat Vicky Dávila who exited to journalism); credible Senator + Uribe ally, but Centro Democrático brand has weakened post-Uribe-era and party polling declining for several cycles. Lacks executive-resume the presidential lane requires. Espriella eats much of her right-wing base via Costeño populist appeal. Her TIQ register lacks the inevitability stack of a 20% candidate — measured establishment-conservative posture, no charismatic break-out. 20% Polymarket pricing reads as Centro Democrático nostalgia rather than Valencia-specific calibration.

Resolution

Outcome
NO
Resolved
May 31, 2026

Eliminated in round 1 (2026-05-31): Valencia finished 3rd at ~6.3% and did not advance to the June 21 runoff (Espriella 43.77% / Cepeda 40.88%). "Will Valencia win the presidency" resolves NO. EHIQ priced her below the market at 10% vs Polymarket 20% on 2026-05-10, pre-round-1 — correct direction, real-time (isBacktest:false). The establishment Gran-Consulta consolidation vehicle collapsed; per the off-corridor consolidation check (methodology note 2026-06-16), freed probability routed to the off-corridor outsider (Espriella), not the establishment vehicle.

Opened
May 10, 2026
Expected resolution
June 21, 2026

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