Originally published on The Daily Flare.
FOX One is rolling out an interactive election experience for the November 3 midterms, combining live coverage, local results, polling and an AI-powered question tool.
Live coverage paired with election data
Fox Corporation’s direct-to-consumer streaming service announced the product on October 28, with features set to appear in the lead-up to Election Day and the full experience available as election coverage begins. The company developed it with FOX News Media.
The central feature, called Command Center, is designed to appear first for living-room viewers when they open FOX One during election coverage. A live video stream will occupy the main part of the screen, with widgets around it showing voter polling, race-by-race results and FOX News analysis of key contests. Fox says the information will update in real time while the broadcast continues.
The format is intended to let viewers follow results and analysis without switching away from the stream to consult another screen. FOX Direct to Consumer product chief Amit Dudakia said in the company announcement that results arrive in different orders and that viewers may be following different races. He said FOX One would keep Fox’s reporting central while putting related context alongside it.
A separate Election Hub will gather video coverage of battleground races, ballot measures and contests that may affect control of Washington. FOX News and FOX News Digital will select and program material for the hub. It will also show coverage from Fox-owned local stations based on a viewer’s market, including reporting on local races and ballot items.
ElectionAI powers question-and-answer feature
FOX One’s existing Ask FOX feature will receive an Elections Mode for the midterm cycle. According to Fox’s announcement, viewers will be able to ask questions about election developments and receive answers drawing on current results and historical voting information. Related Fox reporting and video will appear with responses.
The feature uses ElectionAI, an in-house technology platform developed by FOX News Media for this election cycle. Fox says a unified data system will supply results, polling and race analysis across the experience. The company also says the same underlying data infrastructure supports live context in its sports and news programming.
The product arrives as news consumption research points to growing use of digital creators, social networks and podcasts for political coverage. A Syracuse University Center for the Creator Economy report published this month found that 60% of respondents named social media as their primary source for political and election news. Traditional television and news sites combined were cited by 31.8%.
YouTube was the leading individual platform in the survey, named by 16.5% of respondents, just ahead of TV news at 16.1%. The report also found that 60.9% said they trust a well-known independent news creator as much as a well-known professional journalist on political topics.
Research points to growing creator and podcast audiences
Podcast figures show a similar audience trend. Triton Digital reported that political and news podcasts had the largest audience gains among genres it tracks in the second quarter of 2026. Their reach rose 8.4% from the previous quarter to 25.7%, with growth attributed to personality-led political shows as well as established news brands.
Daryl Battaglia, Triton Digital’s senior vice president of measurement products and strategy, said the company expected political and news podcast listening to continue increasing through the third quarter as midterm campaigning intensified. He also pointed to campaign spending across media and audiences seeking longer political conversations.
The figures provide context for FOX One’s effort to bring election information and analysis into its own streaming interface. Its hub and AI feature keep Fox’s reporting and video at the center of the experience, while the survey and podcast data indicate that many people are also turning to platforms and personalities outside traditional television for political news. The new features are scheduled to become fully available as Fox’s midterm coverage gets underway on November 3.
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