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# Sen. Sanders, two days before the midterms

Full title: Sen. Sanders, two days before the midterms: build 7 million homes instead of AI data centers (559k views)

On Nov 1, 2026 Senator Bernie Sanders posted that instead of building AI data centers, "which 66% of Americans oppose", the US should build 7 million affordable homes, hospitals, schools and childcare centers. The post had about 560k views a day later, as data-center moratoriums featured in governors' races (The Information counted up to 15 of 36 races).

## Key facts
- Quote: 'Instead of building more AI data centers, which 66% of Americans oppose, I have a better idea. Let's build 7 million affordable homes & apartments.'
- Views: 559,502 (fxtwitter, Nov 2)

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 185 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 124 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Argon (training cutoff March 2026): 215 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 154 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [The Information: candidates backing data center pauses could win 15 governors' races (Nov 2)](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/candidates-backing-data-center-pauses-win-15-governors-races) (theinformation.com, press)
2. [Bernie Sanders on X (Nov 1)](https://x.com/SenSanders/status/2116941855505916258) (x.com, discussion)

## Changes

- 2026-11-02 (filed): Created

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- 2026-11-01: [Axios: OpenAI plans a post-midterms policy push, with AI 'speed limits', global standards and data centers renamed 'AI compute campuses'](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-11-01-openai-post-midterms-policy-push-speed-limits/index.md)
- People: [Bernie Sanders](https://postcutoff.com/person/bernie-sanders/)
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