Also called: Campaign Analytics Director, Voter Modeling Analyst
Builds models that predict how people will vote and who campaigns should contact.
Political data scientists combine voter files, polls, and consumer data to score every voter on how likely they are to support a candidate and to show up. Campaigns use these scores to decide which doors to knock. Firms working for both parties hire them year-round.
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 in statistics, data science, or computer science; many have a master's.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Self-taught. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Political Science, Mathematics.
Growing much faster than average. Data scientist roles overall are projected to grow very fast.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI writes code and builds models faster, so smaller teams do more; knowing voters and judging the data stay human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Computer Science A, AP Calculus, AP U.S. Government.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-2051.
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