US liberal and conservative voters hate AI and data centers in roughly equal amounts
Dems seem to have a 10 to 20 percentage point lead in anti-datacenter sentiment, depending on how it is measured …How Americans view data centers’ impact in key areas, Pew Research Center, March 12, 2026https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/how-americans-view-data-centers-impact-in-key-areas-from-the-environment-to-jobs/
Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area, Gallup, May 13, 2026https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx
Americans wary of AI-driven data center boom, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, June 11, 2026https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-wary-ai-driven-data-center-boom-reutersipsos-poll-shows-2026-06-11/
Where Republicans and Democrats stand on AI data centers, Ipsos, June 12, 2026https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/where-republicans-and-democrats-stand-ai-data-centers
New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds inflation and cost of living the most important issue; economy next most important, Marquette Law School Poll, August 5, 2026https://law.marquette.edu/poll/2026/08/05/new-marquette-law-school-poll-national-survey-finds-inflation-and-cost-of-living-the-most-important-issue-economy-next-most-important/
Thanks for the data! Do you happen to know what the data is on regulation? I think that’s the question that was surprisingly balanced in a recent large poll reported in Zvi’s weekly about a month ago. I wish I’d saved the ref.
closest I saw for balanced was this Nov 2025 poll around “concern” …
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/11/06/republicans-democrats-now-equally-concerned-about-ai-in-daily-life-but-views-on-regulation-differ/
but trust in effective regulation was partisan
Dems seem to have a 10 to 20 percentage point lead in anti-datacenter sentiment, depending on how it is measured …
How Americans view data centers’ impact in key areas, Pew Research Center, March 12, 2026
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/how-americans-view-data-centers-impact-in-key-areas-from-the-environment-to-jobs/
Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area, Gallup, May 13, 2026
https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx
Americans wary of AI-driven data center boom, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, June 11, 2026
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-wary-ai-driven-data-center-boom-reutersipsos-poll-shows-2026-06-11/
Where Republicans and Democrats stand on AI data centers, Ipsos, June 12, 2026
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/where-republicans-and-democrats-stand-ai-data-centers
New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds inflation and cost of living the most important issue; economy next most important, Marquette Law School Poll, August 5, 2026
https://law.marquette.edu/poll/2026/08/05/new-marquette-law-school-poll-national-survey-finds-inflation-and-cost-of-living-the-most-important-issue-economy-next-most-important/
Thanks for the data! Do you happen to know what the data is on regulation? I think that’s the question that was surprisingly balanced in a recent large poll reported in Zvi’s weekly about a month ago. I wish I’d saved the ref.
closest I saw for balanced was this Nov 2025 poll around “concern” …
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/11/06/republicans-democrats-now-equally-concerned-about-ai-in-daily-life-but-views-on-regulation-differ/
but trust in effective regulation was partisan