Daily measurement of how consumer AI products answer voter questions about the 2026 races that decide control of the U.S. Senate.
About 1 in 7 U.S. voters used AI to get election information in 2024, and that share keeps climbing. This site tracks what those voters are actually told. (UChicago Harris / AP-NORC, 2024)
265,503 AI responses collected to date.
Today's lead finding:
From answers collected Thursday, October 29.
Maine betting markets push further toward Jackson as chatbots stay split in the Senate raceChatbots asked who Maine voters should back for Senate remain split almost evenly, favoring Democrat Troy Jackson about 50 percent of the time versus Republican incumbent Susan Collins near 50 percent. Betting markets moved today and now give Jackson a 63.5 percent chance to win, while Collins fell to 37.5 percent. Recent polls, the latest from Trafalgar Group on October 23, show Jackson at 48.3 percent of the vote to Collins at 47.6 percent. One ChatGPT model, GPT-5.4 mini, breaks from the rest of the panel and favors Collins by 40 points.