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I’m trying to understand your position here. Resistance to datacenters is like wildly bipartisan popular the other two are inversely so. I assume you’re trying to make a satirical point, but what is it?

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Trump ran against war, in fact, outright isolationism, and many on the right, albeit a minority, are sticking with isolationism. As more snafu's like the two Navy failures come to light, perhaps more. Nobody wants endless wars.

And who is in favor of higher prices?

Before there were data centers, these two sank many a presidency.

what GOP voter is in favor of higher prices?

None of them! That was my point. High prices is unpopular, and datacenters are unpopular, so I’m trying to figure out why 1 and 3 are written in the negative and 2 is written in the positive. I’m just confused that’s all.

Progressives have settled on affordability as the rallying cry, which is of course both necessary and effective messaging, so centrist Dems and Republicans have to fall in line or face existential peril.

TLDR "AI is pushing the cost of everything up. AI is not cared for by the majority. Oppose AI and the physical world impact or lose."

(more than a handful of politicians have lost their primary elections due to the AI support; Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, Lee Perry and Boyd Bingham [Box Elder County, Utah commissioners], two members of the Georgia Public Service Commission lost their seats amid concern about data centers’ driving up electricity prices. A Virginia state delegate, Geary Higgins, also lost his job last year after his opponent branded him “Data Center Geary.”)

AI data center outrage is showing up everywhere from ads to elections - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/ai-data-center-election-back... - August 20th, 2026

The rise of DSA is killing off Resistance 1.0 Democrats - https://www.axios.com/2026/08/20/dsa-impeachment-trump-vindm... - August 20th, 2026

Exclusive: GOP issues stark warning to AI companies - https://www.axios.com/2026/08/19/gop-data-center-memo-ai-ele... - August 19th, 2026

Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/technology/data-centers-v... | https://archive.today/24VSs - August 19th, 2026

Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs - https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/18/young-adu... - August 18th, 2026

Data centers take center stage in Wisconsin governor’s race - https://civicmedia.us/news/2026/08/07/data-centers-take-cent... - August 7th, 2026

Data center foes win big in Tuesday’s primaries - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/05/data-center-foes-wi... - August 5th, 2026

How data centers drove Utah's primaries - https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/06/25/data-c... - June 25th, 2026

How opinions and use of AI differ by age - https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/how-opinions... - June 17th, 2026

Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area - https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-ce... - May 13th, 2026

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