Doug Sosnik (left) and Sara Fagen. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Nation & World You like Ike. But AI may help campaigns figure how to ensure you actually vote Strategists predict powerful new technology will bring seismic shifts in U.S. political life Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer September 16, 2026 4 min read At a Harvard Kennedy School event Monday, strategists from both parties forecast that the 2028 presidential election will mark the start of a seismic and generational shift in U.S. politics as campaigns fully embrace the rapidly escalating power of AI. “It’ll be the first AI campaign, so the stakes are going to be unbelievably high,” said Doug Sosnik, a former Whi...