Do some homework. Think about what you want to do in a political party. Get a job description for the position you want and look at the qualifications. Or, take your Communications degree and find an existing job in a political organization that best matches your degree. Then go get that job and start working for the party.

Meet and network with the folks…chances are, most don’t have a political science degree….but if they do, then you were right, going back to school to major in political science might be the thing to do. My bet is most of the folks in the party organization don’t have poli sci degrees. Most folks with a college diploma and NOT working in the field of their major.

Another test of this hypothesis….get a number of job descriptions for a broad sampling of the jobs in a political organization and see how many require a degree in poli sci.

I figure if you want to work for a political party….complete the communications degree and go get a job in a political party.

Once you are working, you can always come back to school and take classes that are more relevant to your work and your success in the party.

Hope this helps. best wishes.

If you cannot find a job in a political organization, begin like almost everyone else does, which is by volunteering at someone’s campaign headquarters. This is a matter of learning political science from the street up, and also of paying your dues, so to speak.

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