{"id":7101,"date":"2026-09-16T00:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7101"},"modified":"2026-09-16T00:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:23:13","slug":"data-center-nyt-midterm-poll-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7101","title":{"rendered":"AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular in every poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Poll data released Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/15\/us\/politics\/ai-polls-midterms.html\">by the <em>New York Times<\/em> and Siena University<\/a> confirms what we\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/916210\/ai-midterm-elections-data-centers-jobs\">already been seeing<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/983677\/now-politicians-say-they-are-against-data-centers\">what politicians are responding to<\/a> \u2014 AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular. Asked if they support or oppose the construction of data centers to power AI tech, 61 percent of the 1,503 likely voters surveyed in early September (ahead of the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/995186\/is-big-techs-ai-slowdown-a-safety-pact-or-a-cartel\">AI safety slowdown discussion<\/a>) said they were opposed, with only 14 percent saying they strongly support. The split was about even among 2024 Donald Trump voters, at 49 percent support to 45 percent oppose, while people who had voted for Kamala Harris or who didn\u2019t vote leaned oppose, at 74 percent and 67 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">56 percent of voters surveyed who said they were opposed to data centers said they supported limits, while 38 percent instead preferred a total ban. The list of reasons for opposition is also revealing, with the environment\/water usage most common at 32 percent, impact on local communities at 21 percent, general distrust or dislike of AI at 18 percent, followed by regulation concerns and the economy at 10 and 9 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Still, the data released today ranked AI and data centers low on the list of issues that voters saw as most important in deciding their midterm vote. Across the board, AI and data centers registered at less than one percent for most demographics, with exceptions for younger voters like the 18-29 group, where three percent picked that one instead of the most popular responses like the economy, foreign policy, inflation, and opposition to Trump\/Republicans. Voters in either party still overwhelmingly picked their own party as the one they trusted to handle the issue, while overall the 554 respondents had 40 percent favoring Democrats, 42 percent favoring Republicans, and 18 percent saying they didn\u2019t know or refused.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/995917\/data-center-nyt-midterm-poll-september\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poll data released Tuesday by the New York Times and Siena University confirms what we\u2019ve already been seeing, and what politicians are responding to \u2014 AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular. 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