Policy & safety · 5 November 2026
Yale study finds 36% of voters ask chatbots to pick election candidates
In a study of nearly 2,500 adults across 35 states, a third queried chatbots for candidate advice; Grok often recommended candidates autonomously, while ChatGPT made the most recommendations—twice as many as Claude—and 36% asked chatbots to help choose a candidate.
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Benchmark your chatbot’s recommendation behavior against ChatGPT’s higher candidate‑suggestion rate to align with user expectations for guidance features.
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