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An NBC News poll in March indicated AI polling lower than ICE
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Still, the data released today ranked AI and data centers low on the list of issues that voters saw as most important in deciding their midterm vote.
Key facts
- The split was about even among 2024 Donald Trump voters, at 49 percent support to 45 percent oppose, while people who had voted for Kamala Harris or who didn’t vote leaned oppose, at 74 percent
- 56 percent of voters surveyed who said they were opposed to data centers said they supported limits, while 38 percent instead preferred a total ban
- 61 percent of likely voters said they oppose the construction of AI data centers, but neither major party has much of an edge
- Poll data released Tuesday by the New York Times and Siena University confirms what they've already been seeing, and what politicians are responding to, AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular
Summary
61 percent of likely voters said they oppose the construction of AI data centers, but neither major party has much of an edge. Poll data released Tuesday by the New York Times and Siena University confirms what they've already been seeing, and what politicians are responding to, AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular. 56 percent of voters surveyed who said they were opposed to data centers said they supported limits, while 38 percent instead preferred a total ban. If you want to know what the data center occupation looks like, visit Loudoun County, Virginia. The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left.