Huge Number of People Who Used to Like Elon Musk Now Detest Him, Polling Shows

Billionaire Elon Musk's popularity has fallen off a cliff — 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 mere 39.4 percent of Americans seeing Musk positively, while a majority of 52.7 percent see him negatively. 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. We just launched an Elon Musk popularity tracker to accompany our Trump approval tracker. Currently, he's at a −14 as compared with Trump's −5. pic.twitter.com/X4IIvLIhmk — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 11, 2025 The latest numbers highlight an astonishing degree of disillusionment with Musk's indiscriminate and sloppy slashing of g ... Read full article.