Elon Musk (And Tesla) Became Much More Unpopular —As Unfavorability Soars To 55%
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Elon Musk hasn’t won any popularity contests in 2025, a stretch plagued by declining popularity among liberals as Musk cozied to President Donald Trump before a messy public divorce from Trump, which weighs heavily on Musk’s most prominent venture, the electric and autonomous vehicle giant Tesla.
Key Facts
Some 55% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Musk compared to 37% who hold a positive opinion, according to a dashboard from statistician Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin aggregating hundreds of polls on Musk.
That’s Musk's highest unfavorability since the tracker’s inception in January 2024, and Musk’s unfavorability shot up 10 percentage points over 2025’s first half.
Public perception of Musk predictably soured among Democrats given Musk’s highly powerful role as the top lieutenant to Trump, to whom Musk donated more than $200 million to help elect, as just 16% of Democrats hold a favorable opinion of Musk, according to a June 6-8 poll by Morning Consult, compared to 82% with an unfavorable view of the billionaire.
But Republicans’ perception of Musk also soured while his tenure as Trump’s chief cost-cutter ended in flames.
Two-thirds (67%) of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Musk compared to 28% favorable, according to a June 6-9 survey from The Economist/YouGov poll, down from 83% and 9% favorable and unfavorable marks in the December iteration of the survey.
Independents’ views on Musk also deteriorated, as Musk went from an even 42% favorable/unfavorable split in December to a 27% to 59% favorable/unfavorable split in June, according to the Economist/YouGov survey.
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