Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. OpenJob is a referral partner for an unnamed client hiring political analysts. The role involves producing point-in-time Iowa election forecasts and research, assessing polling and market odds, explaining expected political impacts, and evaluating AI-generated analyses.

Responsibilities

• Write point-in-time political reports and forecasts from a stated evidence cutoff
• Make and document judgments about polling, win probabilities and market-implied odds
• Explain the mechanism behind an event's expected political and market impact
• Review AI-generated analyses and grade them against your own standard

Skills

• Hands-on experience analysing current or recent Senate, governor or statewide races in Iowa, for example as a university political scientist, state or regional pollster, campaign or party analytics staff, or political-risk analyst
• A record of live judgments about polling, win probabilities or odds, not only retrospective commentary
• Strong polling literacy and causal event analysis
• Typically 8+ years of direct experience, or equivalent performance

Benefits

• Fully remote

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