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This dot plot shows the percentage of registered voters, broken down by political party and ideology, who strongly or somewhat oppose building data centers (large computing facilities for artificial intelligence [AI] systems) in their local area. A majority of registered voters oppose building data centers in their local area. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind, Politics & Policy, Spring 2026. Refer to the data tables in Appendix 1 of the report for all percentages.