I’ve covered a lot of elections — and most times, the issues that are going to really matter to voters aren’t brand new or sprung on them with just two months to go, arriving ex machina out of nowhere. They’re predictable — the economy, a war, a long-contentious policy fight.

This year is different. While most voters tell us their biggest concern is affordability, a new issue has entered the chat, taking up an outsized amount of space on the campaign trail, on the airwaves, and in party war rooms.

The advent of giant data centers, along with new fears about artificial intelligence and the companies overseeing the technology, as well as the growing issue of privacy and Flock cameras are all presenting a brand new mine field for politicians and party leaders, and they are scrambling to adapt.

The issues are so new to voters, in fact, that neither Democrats nor Republicans seem to have a good handle on what their positions are.

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