Washington (AP)-Technology billionaire Elon Musk has lost some of his brightness with Republicans since his public disorder fell with President Donald Trump last week, according to a new survey.
Less Republicans see the Bulldog of Trump Government Efficiency “very favorably” compared to April, according to the vote of the Associated Press-Norc Center for the investigation of public affairs.
Although most Republicans continue to maintain a positive view of Musk, their diminished fervor suggests that their vocal opposition to spending spending and the reduction of Trump’s tax -and subsequent political and personal Musk personal taunts may have -with some enthusiasm within the party.
“Some things have happened lately that they have changed as I feel a bit for him,” said Alabama Republican Katye Long, Musk’s feelings have cooled in “a little favorable.”
“I liked what I was doing when I was helping. But now it seems to me it hurts,” said the 34 -year -old car component factory and Woodstock’s mother, Alabama. “Nor do I think it is important. It is not actually part of the government. It’s just a rich boy who pushes his opinions.”
Musk’s overall popularity has not changed, the vote found and most of the change between Democrats and Republicans was between “very” and “a bit” opinions. North -Americans are less likely to see their electric vehicle company, Tesla. That said, about half of the North -Americans have a negative opinion of Tesla, emphasizing another challenge for Musk when the company has fallen in value and has been the target of protests in the United States and Europe. About a third has a favorable vision of Tesla, while approximately 2 out of ten do not know enough to say it.
Republicans’ enthusiasm diminished, but so did the antipathy of Democrats
Even a subtle change in the intensity of the feelings of Musk Republicans could be important, as the electric car and the aerospace tycoon weighs a second political act after spending about $ 200 million in service of the 2024 Trump’s election effort.
After deciphering the GOP’s massive and budget bill as a “disgusting abomination”, Musk a X, his social media platform, wrote “in November next year, we fired all politicians who betrayed the North -American people.”
The poll suggests that the messy you do with Trump may have rubbed some Republicans in the wrong way, as the part of Republicans seeing Musk as “very favorable” has dropped from 38% in April to 26%. At the same time, the antipathy towards the musc among the Democrats has declined a little. About two -thirds, 65%of Democrats have a very negative view of the musc, slightly dropping from three quarters, 74%, in April.
Musk’s bitter and bitter with Trump also has business implications. Tesla was already fighting with a reaction against the Musk Association with Trump. Sales in Europe immersed themselves in the middle in May, even when the growth in the electric vehicle market accelerated. At that time, the company’s actions were valued when Musk began to appear publicly with the president.
Victoria Brown, from Kansas City, Kansas, classified Tesla “a little unfavorable” because he opposes how Trump is directing his administration and links the company’s owner with the president’s agenda.
“I do not favor Trump. Thus, the fact that they have been working together means that I do not care too much for Tesla,” said Brown, 63, an independent politician and insurance agent.
Musk overall approval continues unchanged
While the intensity of people’s feelings over Musk may have changed, their general opinions are not. About a third of the adults have a favorable opinion on Musk, compared to about 6 out of ten that have an unfavorable vision, while about 1 in ten do not know enough to say it. This is not changed from April voting.
The new survey took place from June 5 to 9, after Musk left its government role and began to attack the legislative priority of Trump’s tent.
Musk’s public shock with Trump began four days after Trump Honrés Musk effusively during an oval office event that he downloaded from the functions as head of the Government Efficiency Department.
After demolishing the budget bill, Musk two days later complained that he had never seen the language and point out his fire to Trump, which suggested that the president did not appreciate enough the role that Musk played as the main benefactor of Trump’s re -election effort.
“Without me, Trump would have lost the election, DEMS would control the chamber and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” Musk wrote. “Such ingratitude”.
Musk claimed without evidence that the federal government hid information on the Trump association with the famous Jeffrey Epstein pedophile. Musk suppressed the publication and on Wednesday he left his attacks on Trump, writing X, who regretted some of his places and went too far. “
Tesla’s opinions are much more negative than other vehicle companies
Tesla endured a difficult quarter in 2025, and its sales fell as the main electric vehicle maker in the world faced protests in the halls. The new survey also shows that Tesla looks much more negative than some of her colleagues, especially Ford, Toyota and General Motors.
Only about a third of the adults do we have a favorable vision of Tesla. About half of the United States adults have an unfavorable opinion on Tesla, including 30% of Republicans. Democrats, at 66%, are more than twice as much as Republicans for a negative vision of Tesla. But even among the Republicans, Tesla looks less favorably than the other brands.
Marisa Mills is not a fan of the musc. Oakland’s 41 -year -old professor, California, is opposed to his association with Trump and what the Democrat considers to be the wrong idea that the government is always well served to operate as a business.
And yet, he was proud to have Tesla building cars in his own county. She joined the company in 2020, when Musk sued Alameda County for his work restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, before moving the company to Texas in 2021.
“My government is supposed to serve the people, not to their company. We were happy to see him to go,” said Mills. “I am sorry that we now have feelings of regret for the product of Tesla Car. We were so proud.”
Beaumont reported from Moines, Iowa.
The AP-Norc poll of 1,158 adults was made from June 5 to 9, by means of a sample extracted from the Amerispeak panel based on the probability of NORC, designed to be representative of the American population. The adult sampling error margin is generally more or less percentage points.
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