Voters are surprisingly open to talking about AI risk

TL;DR: Voters are now surprisingly open to talking about existential risk from AI. This seems to have changed in the last 6 months. When campaigning for AI safety-friendly politicians (e.g., Alex Bores ), we should talk about AI in general, and about AI risk in particular. This is currently actionable for the CA-11 and NY-12 cratic primaries. I include concrete advice to turn basic conversations during political canvassing into persuasive conversations centered on AI risk. Public opinion around AI has rapidly soured in the 12 months.