Data and Coding Internship

Democratic Governors Association (DGA)

Coding and data intern assisting the DGA’s opposition research team. Involves programming tasks and supporting candidate research, monitoring news clips, and more.

Posted 7/8/2026internshipWashington • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry Level💰 $4,000 per termWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Assist in market research to ensure that the research department is up to date on new research tools.
Assist in developing scrapers and other basic programming to improve the functionality of the research department.
Scrape and use large datasets to recognize fundraising patterns, etc.
Assist in media monitoring and the compilation of news articles pertaining to the political landscape of governors and gubernatorial candidates;
Assist with transcriptions of media appearances of Republican governors and candidates for use in campaign communications;
Help with other special projects, assignments, and tasks as assigned by the Research Associates, Analysts, or other members of the Research Team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A student working on a Bachelor of Science in computer science, data analytics, or engineering;
Intermediate knowledge of Python, R, or another scripting language;
Experience working with web scraping packages such as Beautiful Soup;
Interest in natural language processing;
Excellent punctuality and attendance;
Good, professional verbal and written communication skills;
Good and consistent attention to detail;
Ability to cooperate and effectively communicate with a diverse staff and other interns;
Ability to ask appropriate questions to gather information to complete a task on time and up to expectations;
Strong commitment to the principles of the Democratic Party;
For Fall terms, remote and/or hybrid availability for a minimum of **18** hours per week is preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Program stipend of $4,000
Hybrid work protocol
Obtain course credit

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonRWeb ScrapingData AnalyticsBeautiful SoupData ScrapingDataset AnalysisResearch ToolsTranscriptionMedia Monitoring

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationCooperationProfessionalism