Election Expert Asks AI to Predict 2028 Election Winner
An artificial intelligence model has produced a hypothetical prediction regarding the 2028 U.S. presidential election.
The simulation encompassed state-by-state forecasts, an electoral map, and anticipated vote totals for selected candidates from both principal parties.
A viral YouTube video from the popular Election Time channel has ignited fresh debate over the 2028 presidential race after its host asked ChatGPT to forecast election night results in detail — and the artificial intelligence delivered a stunning Republican victory.
In the video, the host walks viewers through a complete Electoral College map filled in by poll-closing order, based entirely on ChatGPT’s projections for a matchup between Vice President JD Vance and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“I told ChatGPT to show me what will happen on election night in 2028 and its answer was jaw-dropping,” the host opens.
“In this video, I will tell you what AI says the 2028 results will be and we will fill in this electoral map in poll closing order so you can see exactly how states will be called on election night,” the host added.
ChatGPT selected the nominees first.
On the Democratic side, the model tapped Newsom despite early polling that had him trailing former Vice President Kamala Harris by 15 points.
“According to the market odds on Kalshi though, Newsom is the outright favorite with a 19% chance of winning his party’s primary ahead of a surging AOC and Jon Ossoff,” the host explains.
For Republicans, the choice was straightforward.
“On the Republican side, AI chose JD Vance. He’s the clear leader in the polls and according to Kalshi, the vice president has a 41% chance of being the next GOP nominee. And so our matchup is now set. We will see what ChatGPT thinks about a race between JD Vance and Gavin Newsom,” the host said.
The simulation then unfolds hour by hour.
At 7 p.m. Eastern, polls close in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia.
Indiana and Kentucky go solidly to Vance. South Carolina is called likely Republican with a projected 14-point margin.
Georgia leans to the vice president by 4 percent—“doubling President Trump’s margin from 2024”—while Virginia stays lean Democratic for Newsom by just 3 percent.
After the first wave, Vance leads 44 electoral votes to Newsom’s 16.
At 7:30 p.m., West Virginia is solid red (Vance by more than 40 points).
Ohio is likely Republican by 14 points—“barely… 1% away from being safe”—and North Carolina leans Republican by 4.8 percent.
Vance’s total climbs to 81 electoral votes.
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The massive 8 p.m. wave, covering 171 electoral votes across 16 states plus D.C., produces the first major flip.
New Hampshire goes tilt Republican for Vance by a razor-thin 0.9 percent—the first GOP win there since George W. Bush in 2000.
Maine’s second congressional district also leans to Vance, though Newsom still carries the state overall by 3-4 points (lean Democratic).
Florida is locked in as likely Republican by 12 points. Pennsylvania leans Republican.
Safe Republican states including Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama fall easily, while Newsom holds Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, D.C., Connecticut (likely by 14 percent), Delaware (likely by 12 percent), Illinois (likely), and New Jersey (lean by 3.4 percent—the closest since 1992).
By the end of the hour, Vance has 178 electoral votes and is “less than 100 away from 270.”
The 9 p.m. closings deliver the second historic flip.
Minnesota goes lean Republican for Vance by 1.2 percent—“the first Republican to win the state since Richard Nixon in 1972, 54 years ago.”
Wisconsin and Michigan both lean Republican by 2-4 points each.
Arizona leans Republican by 4 percent. Nevada later locks in as lean Republican by 3-4 points.
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Texas is likely Republican, Iowa likely Republican by 12 points, while Newsom holds New York (likely by 12.4 percent), Colorado (likely by 8 points), and New Mexico (lean by 4.9 percent).
Later hours confirm the map: California, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii go to Newsom (California by roughly 30 points), while Alaska finishes likely Republican for Vance by 13 percent.
“And so this is ChatGPT’s 2028 election prediction,” the host concludes.
“It has Vice President JD Vance defeating California Governor Gavin Newsom, flipping Minnesota and New Hampshire, winning 326 electoral votes. Newsom taking just 212. This would make Newsom’s performance the worst for any Democrat since Michael Dukakis in 1988,” the host said.
‘The View’ Wants To Be Exempt From ‘News’ Designation – All While Telling Viewers To Back Democrats
The audacity required to file a legal brief claiming that The View is a “bona fide news interview program” guided by editorial judgment rather than partisan purposes — while clips of Ana Navarro telling viewers to “vote Democrat in November” are sitting on the internet for anyone to watch — is genuinely breathtaking.
Disney filed exactly that brief with the FCC this week, arguing that the 2002 ruling qualifying The View for the equal time exemption should remain in place and that the Trump administration is simply trying to chill speech it doesn’t like. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s response was five words and a video: here’s some of the show.
The clips speak for themselves. Navarro telling viewers who want Trump restrained to “vote Democrat.” Hostin and Behar providing what amounts to a daily campaign rally for the Democratic Party, delivered between commercial breaks and celebrity guest segments. Whoopi Goldberg doing her thing. None of this resembles a news program in any meaningful sense of that word. It resembles exactly what it is: partisan commentary television that happens to occasionally have political guests.
The equal time rule exists for a simple reason. When a broadcast station — which operates on public airwaves under a license granted by the federal government — gives one candidate access while denying it to opponents, the regulatory framework requires correction. The bona fide news exemption exists because genuine journalism makes editorial decisions based on newsworthiness, not partisan advantage. When you decide which guests to book and which topics to cover based on who it helps or hurts politically, you’ve left the news business and entered the campaign business.
Disney’s argument that a 24-year-old ruling settles the question permanently is legally creative but practically absurd. The FCC’s own guidance says these determinations are fact-specific based on what the program actually is. What The View was in 2002 and what The View is in 2026 are not the same thing. The show has shifted steadily from light entertainment with political interviews to something closer to a daily MSNBC simulcast with a studio audience. A letter written when George W. Bush was in his first term doesn’t automatically immunize everything that has happened to the program since.
None of this means the FCC should become, as Carr himself said, “America’s speech police.” Joy Behar can despise Republicans. Sunny Hostin can defend Democrats. Whoopi Goldberg can spend an hour criticizing Trump. The First Amendment protects all of it. What it doesn’t protect is the legal privilege of being treated as a neutral news operation while actively telling your audience which party to elect.
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Carr has the right framing: apply the laws Congress passed. The law says editorial decisions must be based on newsworthiness rather than partisan purposes. Disney’s own clips disprove their own brief.
Fifteen percent of Americans would eat gas station sushi. Only eight percent trust the media. The View is both a symptom and an explanation of that number.
