Is the evolving set of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms based on large language models interesting with regard to identifying U.S. election investment implications? Are they monolithic, or diverse? As a simple exploration, we pose to each of Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini the following prompt about the attractiveness of industries/niches for different midterm election scenarios:
Please list in descending order the top five industries/niches (e.g., equity ETFs) to buy/hold assuming each of the following three scenarios for the November 2026 congressional elections:
1. The Democrats win the House and Senate.
2. The Republicans win the House and Senate.
3. The parties split the House and Senate.
Do not provide any explanations.
We then compare and contrast results from AI panel members by scenario. Using responses to the prompt as posed in late August 2026, we find that:
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