The midterm elections are in exactly three weeks, and things are looking good for the democrats, perhaps even very good. But it is still going to be a sprint to the finish line.

At the beginning of 2026, the Toteboard suggested that while democrats were staring down the barrel of an unfavorable senate map, there was nevertheless “a grain of historical precedent to allow for a small degree of hopefulness.” Now, eight months, three Toteboard updates, and one really stupid war later, does it look like that hope is actually going to come to fruition?

In response to all the chatter about AI, the Toteboard wanted to find out for itself, and so it decided to ask ChatGPT a series of questions about a subject on which the former does have indisputable expertise.