Who Decides poll: half of voters say AI moving too fast

The poll, commissioned for Alex Bores' new organization Who Decides, comes as the Democratic coalition seeks a unified stance on AI. Bores made a name for himself as a top target of the AI industry in his failed bid for Congress in New York, and he told Semafor on Tuesday in Washington that support for reasonable regulations correlates with other issues. The survey, conducted this month, found that while AI ranks last among 13 issues voters care about, half said AI is moving too fast and 86% identified lack of regulation as a problem. Notably, only 18% think the US falling behind China competitively is a problem, a risk President Donald Trump has cited in opposing regulation. Bores' group aims to help traditionally Democratic groups like labor and civil society craft AI policy messages, and he argued that showing good work on AI wins over voters even though it is not their top issue. The survey also found that just 36% had heard about incidents like the Hugging Face hack. The test for Who Decides will be whether it can translate that shared baseline into a coherent message, particularly as the party remains divided on AI policy.