{"id":246668,"date":"2026-07-18T14:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/246668\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T14:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:16:11","slug":"quinnipiac-university-poll-gives-the-latest-details-on-how-pennsylvanias-voters-feel-about-ai-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/246668\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinnipiac University Poll gives the latest details on how Pennsylvania&#8217;s voters feel about AI data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a Quinnipiac University Poll <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3962\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">published on July 15th<\/a>, 26% of voters in Pennsylvania are following news coverage of AI data centers very closely, while 50% report following somewhat closely. 24% offered that they are following not too closely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to having an AI data center in their community, 74% oppose it, while 16% would support the effort. 10% offered no opinion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing artificial about Pennsylvania voters\u2019 take on the advent of AI,\u201d said Tim Malloy, polling analyst for Quinnipiac. \u201cOpposition grows as the inevitable new industry plants roots in their neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quinnipiac University\u2019s poll from February 25th found that 68% would oppose an AI data center in their community, while 20% would support it. 12% did not offer an opinion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding how voters feel about Governor Josh Shapiro\u2019s handling of the issue, 24% approve while 34% disapprove. 42% did not offer an opinion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poll included 895 self-identified registered voters in Pennsylvania, surveyed from July 9th through July 13th. The poll has a margin of error of +\/- 4.3 percentage points, including the design effect. You can find the methodology <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/methodology\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo \u2013 (\u00a9)Farknot_Architect from Getty Images via Canva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a Quinnipiac University Poll published on July 15th, 26% of voters in Pennsylvania are following news&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-246668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}