Local Political Expert (Maine) – AI Trainer

Job overview

The Local Political Expert (Maine) – AI Trainer role is remote, with the listing associated with Chicago, IL. Compensation is $100–$200 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with AI research labs. The expert produces evidence-based political reports and forecasts, documents judgments about polling and election probabilities, explains potential political and market effects, and evaluates model-generated analyses. The work supports improved AI model performance and is completed independently and asynchronously to deadlines.

What you'll do

• Author point-in-time political reports and forecasts from a stated evidence cutoff
• document directional judgments about polling, win probabilities, and market-implied odds
• explain causal mechanisms behind expected political and market impacts
• review and grade model-generated analyses
• work independently and asynchronously to deadlines.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

local politics

maine elections

ai trainer

remote

mercor

political forecasting

polling analysis

political risk

win probabilities

model evaluation

8+ years experience

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires on-the-ground knowledge of Maine political races and electorate, a record of live judgments about polling or odds, and 8+ years of direct experience or equivalent performance.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.