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LLMs tested on election forecasting benchmarks for specificity and grounding

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The LFORLA benchmark evaluates large language models on their ability to produce specific, grounded, and calibrated forecasts for future events, such as the 2027 French presidential election and the 2026 US midterms. Unlike traditional benchmarks, LFORLA scores the quality of the forecast's structure and reasoning rather than its eventual accuracy. Several models, including DeepSeek-V4 Flash, Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct, and Llama 3.1 8B-Instruct, have been evaluated, with some achieving perfect scores for their disciplined prediction formats. AI

IMPACT Provides a new method for evaluating LLM forecasting capabilities, highlighting models adept at structured and falsifiable predictions.

RANK_REASON The item describes a new benchmark for evaluating LLMs on a specific task (election forecasting) and presents results for several models. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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LLMs tested on election forecasting benchmarks for specificity and grounding

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · RESK ·

    Election Forecasting Benchmarks: How LFORLA Scores Models Before the Vote

    <h1> Election Forecasting Benchmarks: How LFORLA Scores Models Before the Vote </h1> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> LFORLA's election forecasting benchmark forces models to commit to concrete scenarios for the 2027 French presidential and 2026 US midterms. A fixed judge scores each f…

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