<p>Voters are using AI to research candidates. Campaigns are using AI to write fundraising emails. Platforms are updating their policies — and their enforcement is lagging behind. But what does the data actually show?</p><p>​This is a replay of the webinar I hosted on AI and the 2026 midterms — pulling from original polling with 1,010 likely voters (conducted with the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.raineycenter.org/">Rainey Center</a>), a survey of 68 campaign professionals on how they’re using AI inside their operations, and her ongoing analysis of how major platforms are preparing for November.</p><p>​This isn’t a recap of the AI discourse. It’s an interpretation of what the data signals — the partisan splits, the governance gaps, and the transparency questions that are going to matter when it counts.</p><p>​The last 20 minutes will open for Q&A and discussion. The format mirrors Anchor Change’s monthly <a target="_blank" href="https://anchorchangebriefing.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-anchor-change-briefing">Briefing Network calls</a>, so you’ll also get a live preview of what membership looks like.</p><p>For more information on the poll and survey:</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://anchorchange.substack.com/p/voters-are-using-ai-to-fact-check">Voters are using AI to fact-check. The tools are wrong 90% of the time.</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://anchorchange.substack.com/p/what-campaign-professionals-told">What Campaign Professionals Told Us About AI in Politics</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://anchorchange.substack.com/p/partisan-divide-campaign-ai-use">The partisan divide in campaign AI use: Republicans generate more content, Democrats govern it more</a></p><p>We were also joined by Luis Lozada, the CEO of Democracy Works, to talk about their work with companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. To learn more, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.democracy.works/">visit their website</a>.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLedcvLNLUAl61UNWWk9FOnsmU73leACSCPmXmKQfKw/edit?usp=sharing">Click here</a> to view the slides presented.</p><p><strong><em>The private room for senior practitioners in tech, politics and democracy</em></strong></p><p><em>There’s no shortage of newsletters covering this space. What’s missing is a place where the people closest to it — trust and safety leads, policy professionals, campaign strategists, Hill alumni — can actually think it through together. The Anchor Change Briefing Network is that room. Private memos twice a month. A live monthly peer conversation under Chatham House Rules. 38 founding seats at $400/month. Once they’re gone, pricing moves to $500.</em></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://anchorchange.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">anchorchange.substack.com/subscribe</a>