Also called: VAN Manager, Voter File Manager
Manages the voter database a campaign uses to decide whom to call, text, and visit.
Data managers pull walk lists for canvassers, load results from thousands of door knocks, clean up the voter file, and build reports showing the campaign where it stands. It's a common path into political data science.
Campaign and party pay. Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's often preferred; spreadsheet, SQL, or VAN skills.
Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Political Science, Data Science, Statistics.
Growing about average. Cyclical with elections.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI cleans voter files and builds walk lists automatically, so campaigns need fewer data managers.
Classes: AP Statistics, Computer applications, AP Computer Science Principles, AP U.S. Government.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-2051.
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