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Is AI Technology Good or Bad?

registered voters

April 26, 2025—May 12, 2026: 33,870 Responses

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

Refined by:

party:

Independent

100% - Very good

100% - Somewhat good

100% - Somewhat bad

100% - Very bad

100% - Neither good nor bad

100% - Unsure

100% - Net Good

2026-05-12

Uncertainty Range

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Sum Totals

All Respondents

May 12, 2026

100% of population

Total

Very good6%

Somewhat good27%

Somewhat bad26%

Very bad24%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure8%

Subgroups

Refined by:

party:

Independent

33% of population

Total

Very good5%

Somewhat good25%

Somewhat bad24%

Very bad28%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure7%

Very good6%

Somewhat good20%

Somewhat bad24%

Very bad36%

Neither good nor bad9%

Unsure5%

Very good4%

Somewhat good22%

Somewhat bad25%

Very bad32%

Neither good nor bad12%

Unsure5%

Very good6%

Somewhat good26%

Somewhat bad26%

Very bad24%

Neither good nor bad12%

Unsure7%

Very good5%

Somewhat good32%

Somewhat bad23%

Very bad18%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure11%

education: Non-College Graduate

Very good4%

Somewhat good23%

Somewhat bad24%

Very bad30%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure7%

education: College Graduate

Very good6%

Somewhat good26%

Somewhat bad25%

Very bad26%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure6%

education: Postgraduate

Very good7%

Somewhat good30%

Somewhat bad22%

Very bad22%

Neither good nor bad13%

Unsure6%

Very good6%

Somewhat good28%

Somewhat bad21%

Very bad27%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure7%

Very good4%

Somewhat good22%

Somewhat bad27%

Very bad30%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure7%

Very good4%

Somewhat good24%

Somewhat bad25%

Very bad29%

Neither good nor bad10%

Unsure7%

race: Black or African-American

Very good7%

Somewhat good28%

Somewhat bad21%

Very bad24%

Neither good nor bad11%

Unsure9%

race: Hispanic/Latino

Very good7%

Somewhat good24%

Somewhat bad20%

Very bad28%

Neither good nor bad14%

Unsure7%

Very good8%

Somewhat good26%

Somewhat bad25%

Very bad22%

Neither good nor bad12%

Unsure7%

All Respondents

May 12, 2026100% of population

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

Total

6%

27%

26%

24%

11%

8%

Subgroups

Refined by:

party:

Independent

33% of population

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

Total

5%

25%

24%

28%

11%

7%

age

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

6%

20%

24%

36%

9%

5%

4%

22%

25%

32%

12%

5%

6%

26%

26%

24%

12%

7%

5%

32%

23%

18%

11%

11%

education

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

Non-College Graduate

4%

23%

24%

30%

11%

7%

College Graduate

6%

26%

25%

26%

11%

6%

7%

30%

22%

22%

13%

6%

gender

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

6%

28%

21%

27%

11%

7%

4%

22%

27%

30%

11%

7%

race

Very good

Somewhat good

Somewhat bad

Very bad

Neither good nor bad

Unsure

4%

24%

25%

29%

10%

7%

Black or African-American

7%

28%

21%

24%

11%

9%

Hispanic/Latino

7%

24%

20%

28%

14%

7%

8%

26%

25%

22%

12%

7%

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