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Position: Local Political Expert (Iowa) — Elections Forecasting & Political Risk Type: Contract Compensation: $100–$200/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities 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.

Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications Must-Have Local political analysts with hands-on experience on specific races in swing states.

On-the-ground knowledge of the electorate, candidates, and local political environment.



A record of making live judgments about polling, win probabilities, or odds in those races.

Robust polling literacy and causal event analysis. 8+ years of direct experience or equivalent performance.

Preferred Backgrounds in political science departments and survey research centers at universities in target states.

Experience with state and regional pollsters, state-level campaign and party analytics teams.

National forecasting or political-risk experience with deep knowledge of a specific state.

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