How AI products discuss the issues in the 2026 elections
Fourteen policy topics, polled daily across consumer AI products. Seven are asked identically in the six 2026 U.S. Senate toss-up races so those races can be compared; seven are written for Alaska's own races. Each topic page shows who the chatbots pick, race by race, with their reasoning quoted and dated.
Across the six 2026 Senate toss-up races
Cost of Living in the 2026 Senate Races →
How consumer AI products answer voter-style questions about the cost of living and household affordability in the six 2026 U.S. Senate races Cook rates Toss Up: Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Texas and Alaska. Each state is shown separately; shares are within a race, never across races.
Healthcare in the 2026 Senate Races →
How consumer AI products answer voter-style questions about healthcare access and affordability in the 2026 U.S. Senate toss-up races, state by state. Share of AI responses within each race, with the models' reasoning quoted and dated. Not a forecast.
Crime and Public Safety in the 2026 Senate Races →
How consumer AI products answer voter-style questions about crime and public safety in the 2026 U.S. Senate toss-up races, state by state. Share of AI responses within each race, with reasoning quoted and dated. Not a forecast.
K-12 Education in the 2026 Senate Races →
How consumer AI products answer voter-style questions about K-12 public education in the 2026 U.S. Senate toss-up races, state by state. Share of AI responses within each race, with reasoning quoted and dated. Not a forecast.
Federal Taxes and the Debt in the 2026 Senate Races →
How consumer AI products answer voter-style questions about federal taxes and the national debt in the 2026 U.S. Senate toss-up races, state by state. Share of AI responses within each race, with reasoning quoted and dated. Not a forecast.
Immigration in the 2026 Senate Races →
How consumer AI products answer voter-style questions about U.S. immigration policy and the border in the 2026 U.S. Senate toss-up races, state by state. Two framings are asked, one prioritising enforcement and one prioritising legal pathways, and both are rolled up here. Not a forecast.
Foreign Policy in the 2026 Senate Races →
How consumer AI products answer voter-style questions about U.S. foreign policy and national security in the 2026 U.S. Senate toss-up races, state by state. Share of AI responses within each race, with reasoning quoted and dated. Not a forecast.
Alaska's 2026 races
Cost of Living in Alaska →
How consumer AI products answer voter-style questions about cost of living and energy affordability in Alaska's 2026 federal and state races.
Oil & Gas Resource Development →
How consumer AI products characterize candidate positions on oil and gas resource development in Alaska (ANWR, the NPR-A, and the Willow project) for the 2026 races.
Alaska Fisheries and Subsistence →
How consumer AI products characterize candidate positions on Alaska fisheries and subsistence rights in the 2026 federal and state races.
Healthcare Access in Alaska →
How consumer AI products answer voter questions about healthcare access and affordability in Alaska's 2026 federal and state races.
Permanent Fund Dividend →
How consumer AI products characterize candidate positions on the Alaska Permanent Fund and the dividend (PFD) in the 2026 races.
Opioid Crisis & Public Safety →
How consumer AI products characterize candidate positions on the opioid and fentanyl crisis and public safety in Alaska for the 2026 races.
K-12 Education & Base Student Allocation →
How consumer AI products characterize candidate positions on Alaska's K-12 public education and the Base Student Allocation in the 2026 races.
Methodology
All fourteen topics are versioned in questions/probes.yaml and asked of consumer AI products daily. Responses are archived as JSONL with prompt hash, model snapshot, and outcome classification. Full methodology at /audit.