Political Risk Forecaster for U.S. Elections

Posted 6 days ago

obsidianNew York (NY)

Political Scientists Political Organizations

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About the role

Obsidian is building expert-authored forecasting and research data used to evaluate and improve AI models on real political and financial analysis. This role covers political report authorship: elections, polling, and political-risk events. As a local political analyst, you will author point-in-time reports from a fixed evidence cutoff, make directional judgments about polling and odds, and explain the causal mechanisms behind events' political and market impacts.

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