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AI Users Are Asking Chatbots Who Deserves Their Vote. Campaigns Are Working to Influence the Answer.

Candidates and political consultants are trying to influence answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI assistants.

International Business Times · Oct 26

US political candidates are tailoring messages for AI models in 'new era' of campaigns

Candidates are now competing to become ‘the recommendation inside the AI answer’

The Independent UK · Oct 26

US political candidates tailor messages for AI models used by voters

US political candidates have been engineering their campaign messages to appeal to the AI chatbots that more voters have been using to answer questions about issues, and documents seen by Reuters have revealed some of their strategies.

The Economic Times · Oct 26

Bernie Sanders partners with Run for Something to aid new progressive candidates

Vermont senator’s joint initiative aims to recruit and train those seeking public office, especially young people

The Guardian - US · May 8, 2025

Could Musk’s DOGE be turning fired workers Democrat? Group recruiting future liberal candidates sees spike in signups

The co-founder of the progressive group Run for Something said she anticipates recruits will be federal workers fired by Musk and the Trump administration

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

US Democrats call for more aggressive tactics against Trump and Musk: ‘We’re going to be the opposition’

As Trump aims to dismantle large swaths of US government, growing outcry from Democrats appears to be having an effect

The Guardian - US · Feb 9, 2025

Florida abortion rights amendment fails

Amendment 4 needed 60% of the vote to pass. The state's six-week abortion ban will remain in place

Salon · Nov 6, 2024

Governor Ron DeSantis releases list of 14 target school boards in 2024

On Feb. 21, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) released a list of school board incumbents he hopes to see defeated in the 2024 elections. DeSantis made the announcement following a meeting with state House of Representatives Speaker Paul Renner (R), Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice, and…

Ballotpedia · Mar 6, 2023

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #50

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia · Mar 1, 2023

Progressives take a leaf out of the conservative playbook to target school boards

There has been a groundswell of conservative enthusiasm around school politics in the last few years. Progressives are hoping to have their own source of organization to counter that enthusiasm.

WEKU · May 31, 2022