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Is AI Technology Good or Bad?

registered voters

April 26, 2025—January 27, 2026: 26,733 Responses

In general, do you think that Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is a good thing or a bad thing?

100% - Very good

100% - Somewhat good

100% - Somewhat bad

100% - Very bad

100% - Neither good nor bad

100% - Unsure

100% - Net Good

2026-01-27

Uncertainty Range

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Sum Totals

All Respondents

January 27, 2026

100% of population

Total

Very good6%

Somewhat good28%

Somewhat bad27%

Very bad20%

Neither good nor bad10%

Unsure8%

Subgroups

100% of population

Total

Very good6%

Somewhat good28%

Somewhat bad27%

Very bad20%

Neither good nor bad10%

Unsure8%

Very good6%

Somewhat good23%

Somewhat bad28%

Very bad29%

Neither good nor bad8%

Unsure6%

Very good6%

Somewhat good26%

Somewhat bad28%

Very bad23%

Neither good nor bad12%

Unsure5%

Very good6%

Somewhat good30%

Somewhat bad28%

Very bad18%

Neither good nor bad10%

Unsure8%

Very good6%

Somewhat good33%

Somewhat bad25%

Very bad14%

Neither good nor bad10%

Unsure12%

education: Non-College Graduate

Very good6%

Somewhat good28%

Somewhat bad28%

Very bad21%

Neither good nor bad9%

Unsure9%

education: College Graduate

Very good7%

Somewhat good30%

Somewhat bad27%

Very bad19%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure7%

education: Postgraduate

Very good7%

Somewhat good30%

Somewhat bad26%

Very bad18%

Neither good nor bad13%

Unsure6%

Very good8%

Somewhat good32%

Somewhat bad23%

Very bad19%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure8%

Very good4%

Somewhat good25%

Somewhat bad31%

Very bad22%

Neither good nor bad9%

Unsure8%

party: Democrat

Very good6%

Somewhat good26%

Somewhat bad29%

Very bad20%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure8%

party: Republican

Very good6%

Somewhat good34%

Somewhat bad26%

Very bad16%

Neither good nor bad8%

Unsure9%

party: Independent

Very good6%

Somewhat good25%

Somewhat bad27%

Very bad24%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure7%

Very good5%

Somewhat good28%

Somewhat bad28%

Very bad21%

Neither good nor bad10%

Unsure8%

race: Black or African-American

Very good8%

Somewhat good27%

Somewhat bad27%

Very bad18%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure9%

race: Hispanic/Latino

Very good9%

Somewhat good31%

Somewhat bad23%

Very bad19%

Neither good nor bad9%

Unsure9%

Very good9%

Somewhat good26%

Somewhat bad27%

Very bad19%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure8%

All Respondents

January 27, 2026100% of population

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

Total

6%

28%

27%

20%

10%

8%

Subgroups

100% of population

age

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

6%

23%

28%

29%

8%

6%

6%

26%

28%

23%

12%

5%

6%

30%

28%

18%

10%

8%

6%

33%

25%

14%

10%

12%

education

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

Non-College Graduate

6%

28%

28%

21%

9%

9%

College Graduate

7%

30%

27%

19%

11%

7%

7%

30%

26%

18%

13%

6%

gender

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

8%

32%

23%

19%

11%

8%

4%

25%

31%

22%

9%

8%

party

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

6%

26%

29%

20%

11%

8%

6%

34%

26%

16%

8%

9%

6%

25%

27%

24%

11%

7%

race

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

5%

28%

28%

21%

10%

8%

Black or African-American

8%

27%

27%

18%

11%

9%

Hispanic/Latino

9%

31%

23%

19%

9%

9%

9%

26%

27%

19%

11%

8%

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