Big Tech claims voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech”

November 4, 2026 n Ashley Belangern

Summary

Major technology companies are arguing that recent voter opposition to artificial intelligence developments actually represents a backlash against Donald Trump rather than resistance to technology itself. This friction comes as voters across multiple states have strongly backed candidates and ballot measures aimed at imposing stricter limits on data centers and artificial intelligence expansion.

Donald Trump’s big, rapid American AI buildout now faces a major slowdown as voters in yesterday’s elections overwhelmingly supported candidates and measures that favored increasing restrictions on AI and data centers nationwide. One resource from a polling firm, called Redbud Consulting, tracked data center initiatives on the ballot and reported that out of 44 measures across 10 states seeking to…

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