Predicting Indices
Four websites, GamesBids.com and Around the Rings, feature predicting indices which specialize in evaluations of Olympic Games bids. They periodically release analysis of the candidates and assigns them a score between 0 and 100, or 0 and 110 respectively. The score produces a number that can be used to rate a bid relative to past successful bids - and possibly gauge its potential future success. GamesBids.com's scale is called BidIndex, AtR's is called the Power Index.
In preliminary rankings, Tokyo and Istanbul are given the edge as frontrunners with Madrid tied for second or in third. Doha makes fourth and Baku fifth. Both indices suggest there is still much to be evaluated and it is expected to be a volatile race.
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