Campaigns
Early signs for 2026 political vendors
Medium Data
“The Republican ecosystem is more centralized, and (as far as I can tell) relies much more heavily on pass-throughs. On a Democratic filing, you can see a pile of firms working direct for the campaign. Republican filings are more likely to have a central consultant, presumably farming out work, or to omit this “normal” spending entirely, and have it covered by other actors in the system.”
Data
How AI Can Help Fix Polling
Campaigns & Elections
“Individual beliefs on political questions are far more complicated than the answer to a simple yes-or-no question. Because our understanding of public opinion is often based on ambiguous survey results, policymakers make decisions without really knowing what their constituents think.”
Technology
Exclusive: OpenAI readies cyber, misinformation defenses ahead of elections
Axios
“AI companies are getting around to what social media companies have had to reckon with since 2016 — their tools have the power to influence elections.”
Voters are using AI to fact-check. The tools are wrong 90% of the time.
Anchor Change
“Ask one of the leading AI chatbots a question about the upcoming midterm elections, and there is a 90% chance the response will be flawed in some material way: a factual error, a clear partisan lean, a citation to a foreign state-controlled outlet, or some combination of all three.”