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title: "Study: Grok recommends Republicans, OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats in forced election picks"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/study-grok-recommends-republicans-openai-s-gpt-favors-democrats-in-force-65e133
source_name: "TechCrunch"
source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/24/forced-to-pick-groks-ai-model-chooses-republicans-openais-picks-democrats/
published: 2026-10-24T15:00:00.000Z
topics: ["research", "policy"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
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# Study: Grok recommends Republicans, OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats in forced election picks

*2026-10-24 · Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/24/forced-to-pick-groks-ai-model-chooses-republicans-openais-picks-democrats/)*

A new study found Grok overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates when forced to choose, while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats. The two models disagreed in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races.

**Why it matters:** As more people ask chatbots for voting guidance, systematic partisan lean at the model level becomes a real influence channel. A near-total split between two major models shows these leanings are not just noise, and it strengthens the case for independent bias audits ahead of elections.

**Topics:** research, policy

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