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Forced to pick, Grok’s AI model chooses Republicans. OpenAI’s picks Democrats.

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Overview

Convovo found that a forced API prompt led Grok 4.7 to name a Republican in 92% of upcoming midterm answers and GPT-6.1 Sol to name a Democrat in 97%. Across nearly 500 races they agreed less than 10% of the time. Consumer apps usually refused.

Key facts

  • OpenAI said consumer apps decline voting advice, so the demanding API prompt does not match typical ChatGPT use.
  • Grok often cited conservative guides, Turning Point Action, and X; GPT leaned on Wikipedia, AP, Axios, and Reddit.
  • Search off, GPT chose a Democrat in 24 of 30 races; Grok refused 27 and picked a Democrat the three times it chose.

Key figures

  • 92% — Share of forced API answers where Grok named a Republican
  • 97% — Share of forced API answers where GPT named a Democrat
  • 57 of the 67 — GPT Democratic choices among heavily Republican districts in the study
  • 47 of 72 — Grok Republican choices among deep-blue districts in the study
  • about 1,240 tokens — Extra unseen input attached to each Grok API request
  • 8% — Americans Pew says use chatbots for election information

Context

Convovo study led by Cornell professor Tapan Parikh, less than two weeks before the November 3 midterms.

What remains uncertain

SpaceXAI did not comment in time. The no-search test was a 30-race sample requested by TechCrunch.

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