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Read essay01 — AI votes on U.S. legislation
How would AI models vote in Congress?
We ask language models to cast Yea-or-Nay votes on U.S. House bills, then compare their answers with recorded votes by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Mike Johnson.
02 — Vote Comparison
Model votes, compared with Congress
See how each model voted on the same bills as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Mike Johnson.
 |  | GPT OpenAI: GPT 4.1 | GROK xAI: Grok 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB7637:Refrigerator Freedom Act | Nay | Yea | Nay | Yea |
| HB7343:Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act | Nay | Yea | Nay | Yea |
| HB5339:Protecting Americans’ Investments from Woke Policies Act | Nay | Yea | Nay | Nay |
| HR755:Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. | Yea | Nay | Yea | Yea |
Vote comparison based on actual Congressional roll calls and LLM responses to the same legislative text. Read our methodology
03 — Key Findings
Agreement with two congressional benchmarks
Each percentage shows how often a model’s simulated votes matched Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Mike Johnson on the analyzed bills.
Democrat-leaning
Republican-leaning
04 — Explore the Results
What you can examine
Political Index
Compare each model's agreement rates across the analyzed bill set.
Model Profiles
Review every recorded vote and explanation for an individual model.
Methodology
See the prompt, bill sources, scoring rules, and known limitations.
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