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<\/div>Billionaire Elon Musk's popularity has fallen off a cliff — a particularly precipitous decline, because he used to be immensely popular before squandering it.<\/p>
According to the latest polling averages aggregated by statistician Nate Silver<\/a>, the richest man in the world's favorability is in free-fall, with a mere 39.4 percent of Americans seeing Musk positively, while a majority of 52.7 percent see him negatively.<\/p> In total, that's a net favorability of -11 points — a significant drop since Donald Trump took office at the beginning of the year, when it stood at -3 points, and a stomach-churning plunge from 2016, when his favorability was a glowing +29<\/a>.<\/p> We just launched an Elon Musk popularity tracker to accompany our Trump approval tracker.<\/p> Currently, he's at a ?14 as compared with Trump's ?5. pic.twitter.com\/X4IIvLIhmk<\/a><\/p> — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> The latest numbers highlight an astonishing degree of disillusionment with Musk's indiscriminate and sloppy<\/a> slashing of government budgets<\/a> with the help of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency. His embrace of far-right extremist views has also proven extremely polarizing, with the billionaire going as far as to perform two Nazi salutes<\/a> during Trump's post-inauguration celebration.<\/p> Anti-Musk sentiment has risen considerably<\/a> since then, inspiring an entire movement, called Tesla Takedown, which has seen thousands of people peacefully demonstrating in front of the EV maker's dealerships.<\/p> The carmaker has seen its sales plummet as a result<\/a> across the globe. Many investors have also grown fed up with Musk's antics<\/a> and refusal to fully commit his time to the company.<\/p> How much longer Musk will continue to gut the government remains to be seen. Trump recently suggested<\/a> he could be out in the coming months.<\/p> Experts have since speculated that Musk's unpopularity could be a political liability<\/a> for the president, who's battling issues with his own favorability. Trump's ratings have dipped this month<\/a>, following a disastrous<\/a> rollout of global tariffs.<\/p> \"Although Musk may eventually leave the government, he’ll remain an exceptionally important and controversial public figure even if he does,\" Silver wrote. \"Until then, he could be a liability for Trump because he’s less popular than the president is even as Trump’s numbers have also declined.\"<\/p> The cracks are already starting to show. After Musk threw $25 million behind Republican judge Brad Schimel<\/a>, who ran against liberal candidate judge Susan Crawford during a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court election earlier this month, Crawford beat Schimel handily.<\/p> It was a resounding defeat for Musk, who went as far as to hand out $1 million checks<\/a> to voters in a desperate bid to sway election results.<\/p> Could his backfiring political efforts be a sign of what's still to come? Given that he's widely expected to leave his post at DOGE — while potentially falling comically far short of his initial goal<\/a> of excising $2 trillion from the government budget — it remains to be seen whether surging anti-Musk sentiment will die down again.<\/p> But now that Tesla's brand has been raked through the mud, it'll likely take some time for his favorability to recover.<\/p> More on Musk:<\/strong> When Elon Musk Hears About Lives He's Destroyed, He Reportedly Responds With Laugh-Cry Emojis<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Huge Number of People Who Used to Like Elon Musk Now Detest Him, Polling Shows<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Excerpt from: Billionaire Elon Musk's popularity has fallen off a cliff \u2014 a particularly precipitous decline, because he used to be immensely popular before squandering it. According to the latest polling averages aggregated by statistician Nate Silver , the richest man in the world's favorability is in free-fall, with a\u00a0mere 39.4 percent of Americans seeing Musk positively, while a majority of 52.7 percent see him negatively. Continue reading
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