Imagine that it was your job to advise a candidate for president on the following matters:
Which potential running mate would help their ticket in battleground states?
What issues and lines of attack should the ticket emphasize?
In which media markets and on which platforms should they run campaign ads?
Knowing there will be a constant flow of questions like these in the weeks ahead, you have a team of data scientists at your side to help determine the best answers to give your candidate.
The data team runs multi-variable analyses factoring in the demographic trends, party registration, poll data, focus group results, media coverage, local endorsements, recent news events, and various other elements in order to come up with recommendations.
Meanwhile, the election news cycle changes on a daily, even an hourly basis. Something that seemed to be a given yesterday may be irrelevant by tomorrow.
No, it would not be an easy job. But the future of the country may depend partially on how well you do it. And to think that you wondered as a kid, “How will math matter when I’m a grownup?”
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