For the first time, Democrats are now more likely than Republicans to be concerned about the growing role of artificial intelligence in daily life and its potential to take jobs.

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Democrats are now more likely than Republicans to express concern about the use of AI in daily life

% of U.S. adults who say that, overall, the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in daily life makes them feel …

Note: Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown.

Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted June 22-28, 2026.

PEW RESEARCH CENTER

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Democrats are now more likely than Republicans to express concern about the use of AI in daily life

% of U.S. adults who say that, overall, the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in daily life makes them feel …

	Group	U.S. adults	Rep/Lean Rep	Dem/Lean Dem
2021	More concerned than excited	37	45	31
2022	More concerned than excited	38	45	31
2023	More concerned than excited	52	59	46
2024	More concerned than excited	51	55	46
2025	More concerned than excited	50	50	51
2026	More concerned than excited	52	49	56
2021	Equally concerned and excited	45	40	48
2022	Equally concerned and excited	46	41	50
2023	Equally concerned and excited	36	31	40
2024	Equally concerned and excited	38	35	42
2025	Equally concerned and excited	38	39	39
2026	Equally concerned and excited	37	40	34
2021	More excited than concerned	18	14	21
2022	More excited than concerned	15	13	19
2023	More excited than concerned	10	9	12
2024	More excited than concerned	11	10	12
2025	More excited than concerned	10	11	10
2026	More excited than concerned	9	10	9

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Note: Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown.

Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted June 22-28, 2026.

PEW RESEARCH CENTER

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In a June Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults, 56% of Democrats said they are more concerned than excited about AI’s increased use in daily life, compared with about half of Republicans. (Democrats and Republicans include independents who lean toward each party.)

This reflects movement in both parties:

• Democrats have grown more wary of AI: Among Democrats, the share who say they are more concerned than excited about AI has risen from 46% in 2023 to 56% today. And their concern is up 25 percentage points since 2021.
• Fewer Republicans are concerned about AI: Since 2023, the share of Republicans who say this has fallen 10 percentage points to 49%.

These changes are largely driven by those at the ends of the ideological spectrum. Among liberal Democrats, concern about the increased use of AI rose from 45% in 2023 to 63% today. During the same period, it dropped 14 percentage points among conservative Republicans. Views among moderate and conservative Democrats, as well as among moderate and liberal Republicans, have not changed significantly since 2023.

These findings come as AI emerges as a midterm election issue. Candidates in both parties are debating the development of data centers, government regulation for AI and its impact on jobs.

Americans overall have become more concerned than excited about AI’s growing presence in recent years. About half of U.S. adults now say this, up from 37% in 2021. Few adults are more excited than concerned, while just over a third say they’re equally concerned and excited.

This Pew Research Center analysis looks at how Americans feel about AI and its impact on jobs.

Pew Research Center does research to inform the public, journalists and decision-makers. This research builds on our past work on how people feel about AI, what they think it will do to jobs, and how views differ across partisan lines. 

Learn more about Pew Research Center.

We surveyed 3,488 U.S. adults from June 22 to 28, 2026. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel. The survey represents the views of the full U.S. adult population.

Here are the questions used for this analysis, the topline and the survey methodology.

In another shift, Democrats are now more likely than Republicans to predict that AI will lead to fewer jobs over the next 20 years (75% vs. 68%).

This is a change from two years ago, when more Republicans than Democrats expected AI-related job losses.

Since then, the share of Democrats who think AI will lead to fewer jobs has risen 17 percentage points, while Republicans’ views have changed little.

Relatively few Americans in either party believe that AI will lead to more jobs or that it won’t make much of a difference.

Note: Here are the questions used for this analysis, the topline and the survey methodology.