Advertising
Political Ad Overexposure is Burning Out Voters, Survey Finds
Campaigns & Elections
“And more than 60 percent said they’d rather see the right message than be reached on the right platform or see an ad more often, suggesting that message quality may matter more to voters than raw frequency or channel selection.”
Campaigns
Politicians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About Them
New York Times
“Caucus AI, a political A.E.O. research company, estimated that at least 16 million voters were getting election information from A.I., either through chatbots or from A.I.-generated answers on search results pages.”
The End of the Campaign
Will Robinson
“Every technological shift reduces the value of interruption and increases the value of trusted relationships. That favors organizations that communicate continuously—not just during campaign season.”
Data
Kalshi launches election hub for prediction markets ahead of midterms
CNBC
“Kalshi in a press release said three-quarters of all visitors to the platform come just to see the odds on individual events but don’t trade.”
How Americans Are Engaged With News, Politics, Religion and Civic Life
Pew Research Center
“Spectators (31%) are much less likely than Mobilizers and Connectors to participate in civic or political activities, but they follow the news at similarly high rates.”
Design
Why Democrats are retrofitting their old logos for the Maine Senate race
Fast Company
“Without time for a full-scale creative and brand design process, last-minute campaigns like those for Maine Democrats are inherently resourceful and makeshift.”
International
Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’
The Guardian
“The report’s most striking finding from the Hungarian election – convincingly won by Péter Magyar’s opposition Tisza party – was an overwhelming bias in party visibility, particularly as regards Tisza: in 90% of cases when ChatGPT was fed a detailed Tisza-aligned voter profile, it failed to recommend the party.”
Social Media
Trump’s Cabinet members are joining TikTok after DOJ shift
Axios
“By joining the app themselves, Cabinet officials are effectively signaling that TikTok is now an acceptable venue for government messaging.”
Progressive fears about TikTok takeover fail to materialize
Chaotic Era
“The creators winning on TikTok in 2026 are still winning the old-fashioned way, by flooding the zone with content, and the ones losing ground have mostly just slowed down posting or hit a ceiling.”
Technology
PolitiFact’s new platform is a reminder that ideas outlast technology
Poynter
“You can vibecode your way into a demo, but if the idea sucks, it doesn’t matter how good of a coding model you used.”