Many voters say AI data centers will shape their midterm vote — but it’s not their top concern
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Many Americans are not happy about AI data centers and say they plan to vote accordingly.
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A Gallup survey found that Americans plan to vote on the data center issue, but it doesn't rank as highly in importance as other issues.Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMany Americans are not happy about AI data centers and say they plan to vote accordingly.In a Gallup poll, 30% of respondents said AI data centers are "extremely important" in how they vote.AI data centers, however, are not the issue they care about the most.Many Americans are worried about AI data centers — and they plan to vote accordingly — but the colossal AI-powering warehouses aren't their main concern ahead of next week's midterm elections.In a Gallup poll released on Thursday based on interviews conducted earlier this month, about 30% of respondents ranked "construction of AI data centers" as an "extremely important" factor in their midterm calculus.Another 23% ranked the issue as "very important."When separated by political party, Republicans emerged as the group more apathetic to data centers. Only 16% of…