The share of Republicans who say they want tech billionaire
Elon Musk to have significant influence in the Trump administration has fallen substantially in the months since
President Trump was elected.
In
The Economist/YouGov poll taken in the days after the November 2024 election, 47 percent of surveyed Republicans said they wanted Musk to have “a lot” of influence in the Trump administration, while 29 percent wanted “a little” and 12 percent wanted him to have “none at all.”
Today, however, the share of Republicans who say they want Musk to have “a lot” of influence has fallen substantially to 26 percent. Meanwhile, 43 percent of Republican respondents say they want Musk to have “a little” influence, and 17 percent say they want him to have “none at all,” according to the latest poll from The Economist/YouGov released Wednesday.
Surveyed Democrats and independents are also showing less desire for Musk to have a prominent influence in the Trump administration. Only 6 percent of each group say they want Musk to have “a lot” of influence. In November, 15 percent of Democrats and 26 percent of independents said they wanted Trump to have “a lot” of influence in the administration.
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Musk has been on the job for two weeks and is already wearing out his welcome. His tenure is proving to be an absolute travesty.
The government is in chaos and as slow as many in the GOP are, many in their rank and file seem to be having enough of him.
As Musk turns to gutting Medicare and Medicaid expect his poll numbers to further plummet and anger across the nation to rise.
