[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":27},["ShallowReactive",2],{"nr-en-us-midterms-2026-ai-ranked-last-voter-priorities":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"dek":6,"date":7,"time":8,"publishedAt":9,"updated":10,"updatedAt":10,"dateFmt":11,"updatedFmt":10,"kind":12,"tier":13,"author":14,"authorName":15,"topics":16,"tracker":10,"trackerLabel":10,"headlineStat":21,"image":22,"ogImage":23,"imageAlt":5,"csv":10,"minutes":24,"words":25,"html":26},"us-midterms-2026-ai-ranked-last-voter-priorities","Poll: AI ranks last among voter priorities in the US midterms","According to exit polls by NBC News and SSRS, 56 percent of respondents call AI and data centers a decisive or important factor in their vote. The issue ranks last among the five topics surveyed.","2026-11-04","12:28","2026-11-04T12:28:00+01:00","","November 4, 2026","daten","standard","ideal-syka","Ideal Syka",[17,18,19,20],"US midterms","AI policy","Polls","Data centers","56 % of respondents call AI and data centers important","\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fimg\u002Fus-midterms-2026-ai-ranked-last-voter-priorities.webp","\u002Fog-nr\u002Fus-midterms-2026-ai-ranked-last-voter-priorities.en.png",1,156,"\u003Cp>As The Decoder reports, an analysis of exit polls from the 2026 US midterms found that AI and data center expansion ranked last among voter priorities. 56 percent of respondents rated the topic as decisive or important for how they voted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>The ranking\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Government corruption led at 90 percent, followed by cost of living at 89 percent, the war in Iran at 74 percent and immigration enforcement at 73 percent. AI trailed all other topics by a wide margin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Context\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>According to the report, public interest in AI has risen sharply in recent months but still lags well behind other political issues. For German companies this does not directly mean that AI regulation will play no role in campaigns – whether the poll has any effect on policy or framework conditions remains open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Sources\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthe-decoder.com\u002Fexit-polls-show-ai-ranked-last-among-voter-priorities-in-the-2026-u-s-midterms\u002F\">The Decoder\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Editorially owned by \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Fautor\u002Fideal-syka\">Ideal Syka\u003C\u002Fa>. Sources and method: \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Fredaktion\">Newsroom & method\u003C\u002Fa>. Tips and corrections: \u003Ca href=\"mailto:ai@i6eal.de\">ai@i6eal.de\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",1793799424509]