On one hand, yeah, people should NOT be relying on LLMs like ChatGPT for voting advice. Holy hell!

On the other hand, voting is hard! Yeah, sure, voting for a state governor or POTUS is relatively easy, especially if you have strong political opinions. But good luck sorting through all the down-ballot races and ballot initiatives. It’s a goddamn minefield. In California, we have one proposition (the one-time billionaire tax) followed by two propositions designed to weaken it. If you don’t know that going in, you might wind up effectively nullifying one of your votes. (And yeah, this is done on purpose, because power-hungry oligarchs LOVE making the democratic process harder. They don’t want us fighting back against their nigh-unchecked impunity.)

I do my homework because I want to do it right, and also, because I’m a massive nerd who actually enjoys research. But not everyone is like this! There are people who want to exercise their civic responsibility in a reasonable manner, but don’t have a ton of time or anything approaching my level of obsession. They’re not well-served by existing resources. We need something far better than AI to fill that gap.

https://www.npr.org/2026/10/05/nx-s1-5977852/ai-chatbots-midterm-election