Grok picks Republicans and GPT picks Democrats when forced to choose
A Convovo study found the two models rarely agree on who voters should back in the midterms.
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Grok recommended the Republican candidate in these answers
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92%Grok recommended the Republican candidate in these answers
The short version
- A new study found that when forced to choose in this year's midterm elections, Grok 4.7 recommended the Republican candidate in 92% of its answers.
- OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol picked the Democrat in 97% of its answers.
- Across nearly 500 races, the two models agreed less than 10% of the time.
- The researchers tested the models through their APIs, and the consumer apps refused to name a candidate.
Why it matters
The study shows that the models behind chatbots can carry political leans that users may not see. Developers who build products on these APIs need to know that default behavior can shape answers on political questions. The findings also show that bias can appear in search terms and sources, not only in direct answers.
“It has an implicit set of values in terms of what it cares about and how it leans”