Technology
By Maheen Hernandez
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Where the Money Went. Crypto super PACs became major players in political funding over the past few election cycles.
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What Candidates Are Doing Now. Some campaigns tried pivoting their messaging. Instead of celebrating innovation, they started…
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Americans don't trust crypto. They don't trust AI either. And that's bad news for candidates who took money from industry super PACs ahead of the midterms.
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A Politico poll dropped recently, and the numbers aren't pretty for anyone betting on digital currency or artificial intelligence to win hearts and minds.
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Super PACs tied to crypto firms and AI companies poured cash into races across the country. But the poll suggests that support could backfire. Hard.
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But voters weren't buying it. The Politico poll shows a clear pattern: people are wary of technologies they don't fully understand, and they're even more suspicious when those…
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Candidates now face a tough choice. Do they keep the super PAC money and risk alienating voters? Or do they distance themselves and lose crucial funding?
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The poll didn't just measure general feelings. It asked specific questions about trust in financial transactions, data privacy, and job security—all areas where crypto and AI…
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Some campaigns tried pivoting their messaging. Instead of celebrating innovation, they started talking about "responsible oversight" and "protecting consumers.
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The super PACs themselves didn't back down. They kept spending, kept running ads, kept pushing their preferred candidates. But the ads changed tone.
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Read also: Brazil Shuts Crypto Out of Official Cross-Border Payment Rails
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It didn't seem to be working. The poll numbers stayed stubbornly negative, and candidates in tight races started to panic.
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The disconnect between industry ambitions and public sentiment became impossible to ignore. Crypto executives and AI entrepreneurs believed they were building the future.
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Campaign strategists faced a puzzle with no good solution. The money was already spent. The ads were already running. The associations were already made in voters' minds.
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Battleground districts became testing grounds for different approaches. Some candidates went quiet on tech issues altogether, hoping voters would forget about the super PAC…
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