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Local Political Expert (Maine) - Elections Forecasting & Political Risk

  • Science & Research
  • Platform: Mercor
  • Location: Canada, United States
  • Level: Expert

$100-200/hrAs published by the platform.

About this job

This role involves writing forecasts and reports on US elections, polling, and political risk, reasoning only from a fixed evidence cutoff so that no later information is used. It is aimed at practitioners who have forecast specific state races and understand their local electorates firsthand.

What you'll do

  • Write point-in-time political reports and forecasts from a stated evidence cutoff.
  • Make and document directional judgments on 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 a professional standard.

Requirements

Election forecastingPolling analysisPolitical risk analysisCausal event analysisPolitical scienceMarket-implied odds
  • 8+ years of experience

Pay

$100-200/hr

Pay as published by the platform. It is not a guarantee of income or hours.

Location

Open to residents of: Canada, United States.

How to apply

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Source

Official posting: https://work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AAABoUazfFnsPZ2MxGFE0p32/local-political-expert-maine-elections-forecasting-political-risk

Last checked on October 17, 2026.

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