Red counties hosting current or proposed data centers shifted away from the Republican Party in this year’s midterm elections, a recent analysis found.
\n\nDeep-red counties with large data centers or proposed projects shifted further toward Democrats in last week’s midterm elections than similar counties without them, according to a new Humans First analysis obtained by Fox News.
\n\nHumans First, a conservative advocacy organization focused on AI safety and policy, examined public election results alongside data center project records from 1,540 counties in 16 states, and measured what the group refers to as a “data center penalty.”
\n\nCounties with large data centers swayed an additional 2.2 percentage points toward Democrats compared with those free of AI facilities in the same states. Moreover, the pattern held in 14 of the 16 states and in 25 of the 27 governor and Senate races reviewed.
\n\nWhen the analysis was limited to deep-red counties — meaning the ones President Donald Trump won by at least 20 points in 2024 — it showed a 2.1-point raw gap between counties with large data centers and similar counties without such projects.
\n\nMeanwhile, deep-red counties with projects still in the proposal stage showed a 1.1 percent gap after controlling…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/economy/
