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No. 185

Topic: local-elections

Data-center opponents won all but one local vote, mostly in counties Trump carried

Verdicts: 2 True, 2 Mixed, 1 Unproven, 1 Misleading, 1 False

Voters sided against data centers in every local measure but one on Nov. 3. Fewer than half enacted bans, and most of the votes came in counties Trump carried in 2024.

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