Politics & Elections · Specialist#209

Legislative Whip-Count Tracker

A bill passes when the votes are there, and most members announce their position publicly before the roll call. Maintaining a live count of declared yes, no and undecided votes turns a legislative market into an arithmetic problem with a small residual of genuine uncertainty. Markets often price the political narrative long after the count has become decisive one way or the other.

What you need to run it

Structured tracking of member statements, cosponsorships and prior votes on similar bills
Legislative calendar and procedural gating (committee, cloture, rules) built into the model
Judgment about which undecideds historically break with leadership

Where this applies

Markets on Polymarket where legislative whip-count tracker is the natural play:

Will the Senate pass this bill before the recess?
Will the House vote to impeach before the end of the term?
Will the infrastructure package pass by September 2026?

Capabilities this demands

Manual researchDomain knowledgeData ingestion

At a glance

CategorySpecialist

MarketPolitics & Elections

Requirements3

CapabilitiesManual research, Domain knowledge, Data ingestion

VenuePolymarket (CLOB, Polygon)

Build it

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