Also called: Survey Researcher, Election Forecaster
Designs polls and builds models that forecast elections.
You write survey questions, weight results so they represent all voters, and build forecasts. On election night, you're watching the results come in county by county.
Based on survey researchers.
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, political science, or sociology; master's helps.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Statistics, Political Science, Sociology.
Growing slowly (about 1% over 10 years).
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI builds forecast models and weights polls quickly; fewer analysts, with judgment on bias staying human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Government, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3022.
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