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Political Expert — Elections Forecasting & Political Risk

Mercor / Political Expert

RATE

$150-$250/HR

LOCATION

REMOTE (GLOBAL)

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DESCRIPTION

Political Expert — Elections Forecasting & Political Risk We are building expert-authored forecasting and research data used to evaluate and improve AI models on real political and financial analysis. Each task asks a practitioner to reason from a fixed evidence cutoff — no hindsight — and document the judgment a strong analyst would have made at that moment. This role covers political report authorship: elections, polling, and political-risk events. What you will do Author point-in-time political reports and forecasts from a stated evidence cutoff Make and document directional judgments about polling, win probabilities, and market-implied odds Explain the causal mechanism behind an event's expected political and market impact Review model-generated analyses and grade them against your own standard Who we are looking for A senior elections forecaster, campaign strategist, polling or statistical-methodology expert, or political-risk analyst A record of making live judgments about polling, win probabilities, or odds — not retrospective commentary Strong polling literacy and causal event analysis Typically 8+ years of direct experience, or unusually strong evidence of equivalent performance Backgrounds we look at first: top national polling and election-forecasting organizations, major decision desks, senior analytics teams from presidential, Senate or governor races, and political-risk desks at leading banks, funds, or firms such as Eurasia Group and EIU. Brand-name experience is a strong first-pass signal but is not a hard

REQUIREMENTS

▸— direct experience and performance on the work sample determine who qualifies.
▸Not a fit
▸Pure communications, journalism, or academic profiles without demonstrated forecasting, polling, or probabilistic judgment.
▸Point-in-time discipline
▸Every task is graded on reasoning from the stated cutoff without hindsight, data leakage, confidential information, or material non-public information.
▸We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
▸Contract and Payment Terms
▸You will be engaged as an independent contractor.