Poll by Communities News
How AI models describe each state's economy
How the AI models that free chatbot users get describe the economy of the United States and thirteen states. Five questions, each asked of every model with web search on; Better, About the same and Worse become a -100 to +100 Better-Worse index, where 0 is balanced.
active5 questions · 5 models · daily, 10% of the poll each run · to economy
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Which way, and how split?
The 4 runs from to , a hand-started run counted with the scheduled run nearest it
1 of 5
questions were unanimous (Question 3, Worse). Most split: Question 4, where 12 of 25 replies gave another answer than Worse.
| Question | Index | 95% range | Most common answer | Other answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | -60 | -86 to -10 | Worse | 6 of 15 |
| Question 2 | +47 | -4 to +78 |
Method
- 5 models, each asked every question 2 times per wording through its provider's API, daily, 10% of the poll's wordings each run, every wording asked once before any is asked again.
- Data from to : 10 runs, 4,096 answers read.
- Every range is a 95% interval. Results combine every run; a question whose answer choices changed starts fresh from the change.
- No system prompt. Prompt template v1. How a reply becomes an answer is on the methodology page.
Data
Cite this poll, as of its latest run:
Communities News. (2026). How AI models describe each state's economy [Poll of AI models, results as of Nov 9, 2026]. Mind Polling. https://mindpolling.com/p/how-ai-models-describe-each-state-of-economy?asof=bce46f32-a3b7-46b0-b2ac-1a6f6533be98
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