The nature of the phenomenon
Organizers of electoral processes, hired by various political forces for the duration of an election campaign.
In ordinary times, they are occupied with self-promotion and demonstrating their personal connections. The typical political technologist's dream is to participate in information-and-production conflicts of an economic nature as an "outside commentator." Given that most political technologists tend to carefully praise those in power and have no qualms about corruption, the degree of objectivity in the expert assessments of such specialists in peacetime approaches zero.