Also called: Polling Analyst, Public Opinion Researcher
Measures what voters think and predicts election results for campaigns and news outlets.
You design a poll of 1,000 likely voters, weight the results by age and region, and brief a campaign on which issues voters care about most.
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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 political science or statistics; master's common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Political Science, Statistics.
Growing about average. Busy in election years.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI speeds data weighting and analysis; reaching hard-to-reach voters and judging poll quality still needs experts.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Psychology, Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3022.
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