President Obama's Reelection Odds Fall Below 60% -- Hedgeye Election Indicator  - Screen Shot 2012 04 23 at 8.22.33 PM 

If the Presidential election were held today, President Obama's would have a 59.3% of winning reelection, according to the Hedgeye Election Indicator (HEI). It marks the fourth consecutive weekly decline in the HEI when President Obama's reelection odds peaked at 62.3% on March 26. 

Hedgeye developed the HEI to understand the relationship between key market and economic data and the US Presidential Election. After rigorous back testing, Hedgeye has determined that there are a short list of real time market-based indicators, that move ahead of President Obama’s position in conventional polls or other measures of sentiment. Two of those measures, the overall performance of US equities and the performance of equities in the US financial sector, declined, and those moves translated into lower odds of President Obama winning in November, according to the HEI.

President Obama's Reelection Odds Fall Below 60% -- Hedgeye Election Indicator  - HEI

Based on our analysis, market prices will adjust in real-time ahead of economic conditions, which will ultimately shape voters’ perception of the Obama Presidency, the Republican candidates and influence the probability of an Obama reelection.  The model assumes that the Presidential election would be held today against any Republican candidate. Our model is indifferent toward who the Republican candidate is as the sentiment for Obama and for any Republican opponent is imputed in the market prices that determine the HEI. The HEI is based on a scale of 0 – 200, with 100 equating to a 50% probability that President Obama would win or lose if the election were held today.

Hedgeye releases the HEI every Tuesday at 7 a.m. ET, all the way until election day Tuesday November 6.