NPR: About Half of US Adults Use AI Chatbots, 42% for Information, as Voters Ask ChatGPT How to Vote in Midterms

NPR reports a growing cohort of 2026 midterm voters are leaning on ChatGPT, Gemini, and volunteer-built ballot guides to research candidates and even make voting decisions, with roughly half of US adults using AI chatbots and about 42% of users relying on them to search for information. Johns Hopkins fellow Rafael Batista warns chatbots can reinforce existing views, and a States United Democracy Center study found AI tools still give incomplete and inconsistent answers to common voter questions.