Pluribus AI 2026 Election

2026 Midterms · The issues

Taxes & government spending

246 races · Democratic nominees documented in 212 · Republican in 213 · 669 verbatim quotes

Salience · Taxes & government spending

How urgently campaigns treat it.

Of the 264 times this topic appears across issue guides, how many are flagged high, medium, or low salience. Salience is ordinal — the ramp is grayscale by design.

HIGH MEDIUM LOW % HIGH Taxes & government spending Taxes & government spending — high salience in 208 of 264 issue mentions Taxes & government spending — medium salience in 49 of 264 issue mentions Taxes & government spending — low salience in 7 of 264 issue mentions 79%
pluribus / 2026election.com 264 issue mentions · topics grouped by keyword · a race can appear under more than one topic as of October 9, 2026

Alaska

3 races

Alabama

6 races

Arkansas

5 races

Arizona

4 races

Colorado

3 races

Connecticut

4 races

Georgia

7 races

Hawaii

1 race

Iowa

2 races

Idaho

2 races

Illinois

14 races

Kansas

4 races

Massachusetts

5 races

Maryland

5 races

Maine

3 races

Michigan

4 races

Minnesota

5 races

Nebraska

3 races

New Hampshire

2 races

Nevada

2 races

New York

14 races

Ohio

8 races

Oklahoma

6 races

Oregon

2 races

Pennsylvania

7 races

South Carolina

5 races

South Dakota

3 races

Tennessee

8 races

Texas

20 races

Vermont

2 races

Wisconsin

5 races

Wyoming

1 race

Delaware

2 races

Kentucky

4 races

Louisiana

1 race

Mississippi

4 races

New Jersey

7 races

Rhode Island

1 race

Virginia

5 races

West Virginia

1 race

California

23 races

Florida

12 races

Indiana

4 races

Missouri

4 races

Montana

2 races

North Carolina

6 races

North Dakota

1 race

Utah

2 races

Washington

2 races