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Political Scientists

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Study the origin, development, and operation of political systems. May study topics, such as public opinion, political decisionmaking, and ideology. May analyze the structure and operation of governments, as well as various political entities. May conduct public opinion surveys, analyze election results, or analyze public documents.

10 main tasks · most important first

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Importance

01Teach political science.People already use AI for this at work
02Maintain current knowledge of government policy decisions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
03Develop and test theories, using information from interviews, newspapers, periodicals, case law, historical papers, polls, or statistical sources.People already use AI for this at work
04Disseminate research results through academic publications, written reports, or public presentations.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
05Advise political science students.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
06Collect, analyze, and interpret data, such as election results and public opinion surveys, reporting on findings, recommendations, and conclusions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
07Interpret and analyze policies, public issues, legislation, or the operations of governments, businesses, and organizations.People already use AI for this at work
08Identify issues for research and analysis.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
09Serve on committees.Mostly human for now
10Forecast political, economic, and social trends.AI could speed this up, with extra tools

Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.

Checked O*NET 31.0, August 2026Corrections

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O*NET 31.0 Database, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), 2026-08. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (observed exposure), Anthropic, 2026-03-05. Licence: CC BY.

Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations (v1.1), Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025-12. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

GPTs are GPTs: labor market impact potential of LLMs (Science, 2024), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023. Licence: MIT.

What work can robots do? (robot exposure index), Anthropic, 2026-09-30. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. We have modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed or tested these modifications. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. How the Job Check works.

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