Political Analyst, Elections Forecasting and Political Risk
Compensation
$150 – $250 /hr
Employment type
Full-time
Work setting
On-site
Location
New York, NY
Schedule
Day shift
Posted
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Job overview
The Political Analyst, Elections Forecasting and Political Risk role is remote; the posting does not specify a remote geographic scope. Compensation is $150–$250 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with AI research labs, and this role contributes political expertise to improving AI model performance.
What you'll do
- Author point-in-time political reports and forecasts using a stated evidence cutoff
- document directional judgments about polling, win probabilities, and market-implied odds
- explain the expected political and market impact of events
- and review model-generated analyses against the analyst’s own standards. Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines.
What we're looking for
- Skills & competencies
- political analystelections forecastingpolitical riskremotemercor$150–$250/hrpolling analysiswin probabilitiespolitical reportsmarket impactai model evaluationindependent workasynchronous work8+ years’ experience
- Work arrangement
- Weekend coverage required
Why this role
The posting seeks an experienced elections forecaster, campaign strategist, polling or statistical-methodology expert, or political-risk analyst with eight or more years of direct experience or equivalent evidence of performance.
About the employer
Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.
Additional details
- Industry sector
- 54
- Industry
- All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Occupation code
- 19-3094.00
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Listing ID: 067595fe-2ec2-4e33-b7bb-9f3614c9cc9a