Campaign InternAnswered
Hello,
I have the opportunity to intern for a campaign for the House of Representatives or for a Senate Campaign. My question is two-fold:
1. I intend to major in CS or Business, would being a campaign intern affect my chances at all? Would colleges view it is useless/unimportant?
2. The situation is that the person running for House is very likely to win the election and the person running for Senate is very likely to lose. Would there be a bigger benefit interning for a winning house campaign compared to a losing senate campaign?
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For your first question, internships look great on college apps no matter what. I also think that you can word your duties in the internship to align more with a business/CS focus. Using words related to maintaining the image of the representative correlates to PR and marketing and any projects that you worked on could relate to leadership/management. What I’m trying to get at is that you can highlight how your experience in this internship will translate to business.
Secondly, I would intern for the candidate more likely to win. Especially if it is a local or state representative where the colleges you apply to are likely not going to know the political environment and chancing of the two candidates.
For your first question it definitely won't be seen as useless or unimportant as any internships look great on college applications. Sure it might not be as beneficial as an internship in your chosen field but it will still be very good and help. For the second question I don't think there would be much difference if they win or lose but if you can choose I would suggest picking the winning side.
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