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>Innovations in artificial intelligence are making it faster and cheaper for political campaigns to identify, turn out and extract money from voters.
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>The big picture: Consultants for both major parties are hoovering up voter data to hone advanced fundraising and persuasion tactics. These data tools are especially useful in down-ballot local races.

As politicians revert to AI for their political efforts, the question arises in the form of does the influence of these political campaigners over their operations get reduced with the advent of these AI systems?

What effect would AI have on our political environment in the years to come?