The Florida Governor Election Margin of Victory contract is a Polymarket event tied to the 2026 Florida gubernatorial election. The election is expected to be held on November 3, 2026 [1][2]. Florida's primary elections took place on August 18, 2026 [2]. The contract does not ask who will win. It asks how large the winning margin will be, sorted into brackets that run from a Republican or Democratic win of a given size to an "Other" outcome [1]. The contract defines the margin of victory as the absolute difference between the percentages of valid votes received by the first-place and second-place candidates. Each percentage is calculated by dividing a candidate's valid votes by the total of all valid votes cast in the election [1]. Because the measure uses the absolute difference, it describes the size of the gap between the top two candidates rather than the direction of the result. The contract maps the top two finishers onto party options. Candidates nominated by the Democratic and Republican Parties represent the "Democrat" and "Republican" options, and independent candidates do not represent either party [1]. Candidate names may appear in the contract for the convenience of traders. If a named candidate is replaced as a party's nominee before election day, the contract will be updated and will resolve based on the replacement nominee [1]. The rules also address edge cases. If a reported margin falls exactly between two brackets, the contract resolves to the higher margin bracket [1]. If two or more candidates tie for the most valid votes, the tiebreak uses ballot-listed last names in alphabetical order when the tie is between two listed candidates. A tie between a listed and an unlisted candidate resolves to the lowest margin bracket for the listed candidate, and a tie among unlisted candidates resolves to "Other" [1]. Resolution depends on the official vote count. The contract names the official results published by the state electoral authority responsible for certifying the election as the primary source, although an overwhelming consensus of credible reporting may also be used [1]. If a recount is started before the total is official, the market remains open until the recount is completed and the vote is certified [1]. If the election results are not known definitively by June 30, 2027, at 11:59 PM ET, the contract resolves to "Other" [1]. The listed end time for the event is 2026-11-04T04:59:00.000Z [1], which is a contract listing and not an announced result or certification date.

Historical Context

Incumbent governor Ron DeSantis is ineligible to seek re-election to a third consecutive term, according to Wikipedia's summary of the 2026 race [2]. This background explains why the governorship is open in 2026, but the supplied evidence does not describe the candidates or how the general election has developed. Florida's recent electoral scale is also described in a Wikipedia summary of the 2024 presidential election, which reports that the state has 30 electoral votes after reapportionment and became the state with the third-most electoral votes, the first time it carried more weight than New York in a presidential election [3]. That summary concerns a presidential race and does not directly describe the 2026 gubernatorial contest.

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